About the day » Monday May 5, 1884Calender converter

• Adriana Versluis, Papendrecht († 1921)
• Adolf Marcus Joekes, Boea, Sumatra, Nederlands Indië († 1962)
• Abraham Jonker, 's-Gravenhage († 1886)
• Abraham Chaudron, Leiden († 1884)
• Adrianus van Reij, Spijkenisse († 1884)
• Aleida Wolbers, Vlagtwedde, Nederland († 1919)
• Adriana Fruchte, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aalbertha Snitselaar, Ede
• Adriana Maria Vreeburg, Lisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Aalbertha Snitselaar, Ede († 1973)

• Casper Johannes van Heel (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Bernardus Ryder (79)
• Cornelia Dirksdr Verheul (73), Hardinxveld, Nederland
• Casper Johannes van Heel (77)
• Bernardus Wallaart (0), Leiden
• de Jong (0), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie Gradus Dubbelman (31), Haarlemmerliede, Nederland
• Abraham Chaudron (0), Leiden
• Balthasar Corneile FRIJNS (64), Mesch, Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Cecilia Parmentier (78), Kortemark, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler, American mathematician († 1966)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)
• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)

• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Trijntje
15. Neeltje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on May 5, 1884 was about 13.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.