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• Adriana Margaretha van Oort, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Cook, Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• (l.l.) van Oeffelen, Tholen († 1884)
• Anton Hendrik Beijer, Amsterdam
• Antonie Johannes Boks, Apeldoorn († 1922)
• Alienco (Albert) JAGER († 1951)
• Antje Pieters Moed, Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1884)
• Antonia Hendrika Boks, Apeldoorn
• Antonie Johannes Boks, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)
• Antien Been, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland

• Augustus Vancoillie (33), Zwevezele
• Anna Gertrudis Hubertina Ruijten (47), St. Joost
• Antje Bouwman, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Grond (0), Klaaswaal
• (l.l.) van Oeffelen (0), Tholen
• Pieter Kranendonk (52), Charlois
• Augustus Roman (44), Serskamp
• Bastiaantje van den Bos (86), Ouwerkerk
• Anne Aukes Wierda (60)
• Bertus Dijkerman (1), Eefde (Gorssel)

• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)
• 1885 » Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor († 1973)
• 1887 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1888 » Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer († 1958)
• 1893 » Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright († 1952)

• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)

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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on May 14, 1884 was about 11.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.