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• Adrianus Opdam, Lisse († 1921)
• Andries Christiaan van den Beekvierel, Amsterdam († 1925)
• Aleida Verhoeven, Donsbruggen, Nordrhien-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Alois August MAES, Koksijde,8670,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Achilles Mauritsius Seeuws, Gent
• Albert Zwolle, steenwijkerwold
• Antje Cornelisdr Zwart van der, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Korthout, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Albert de Groot, Napels (Scheemda), Groningen, Nederland († 1885)
• Adrianus Obdam, Lisse († 1921)

• Aldert Jans Kraima (68), Sauwerd,Gemeente Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elzes Haselhoff (73), Oude Pekela (gem. Pekela)
• Annigje Versluis (40), Lexmond
• Alexander, Prince of Orange of Netherlands (32), The Hague, Netherlands
• Abraham Heitman (0), Ilpendam
• Anna Simmelink (0), Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexander van Oranje-Nassau (32), Den Briel
• Alexander Willem 's Nederlanden der (32), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander VAN NASSAU (32), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Antje Visser (70), Lexmond, Nederland

• 1880 » Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician († 1961)
• 1880 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant († 1941)
• 1881 » (O.S.) Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and illustrator († 1962)
• 1882 » Adrianus de Jong, Dutch fencer and soldier († 1966)
• 1882 » Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia († 1940)
• 1882 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator († 1971)
• 1883 » Feodor Gladkov, Russian author and educator († 1958)
• 1884 » Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal († 1981)
• 1887 » Norman L. Bowen, Canadian geologist and petrologist († 1956)
• 1889 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor († 1972)

• 1865 » Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 » Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)
• 1876 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician 8th President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, 8th Governor of California (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)
• 1914 » Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1929 » Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English sociologist, journalist, and academic (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)

• 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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on June 21, 1884 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.