About the day » Thursday August 7, 1884Calender converter

• Verhaaf, Soeren († 1884)
• Anna Catharina Martina Geilswijk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1971)
• Andries Rovers, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1885)
• Both, ouddorp (goeree overflakkee)
• Hermans, Mariekerke († 1884)
• Andries van der Veen, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aafje Zwiep, Enkhuizen († 1969)
• Hendrika Kleine, Zwolle
• Adriaantje de Pree, Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1914)
• Adriana Cornelia Adriaansen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1886)

• Catharina Geertruida Adriana Berg (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van den Dobbelsteen (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Jozef Henssen (47), Voerendaal
• Adrianus Vincentius Maria van Pelt (0), Schiedam
• Catharina Maria van Hekke (0), Yerseke, Nederland
• Arnold Jozef Henssen (47), Voerendaal
• Albert Mulder (23), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aris Kossen (1), Barsingerhorn
• Berendina Bos (0), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Verhaaf (0), Soeren

• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)
• 1884 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1887 » Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright († 1970)
• 1890 » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist († 1964)

• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)

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.
• March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
• 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.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

The temperature on August 7, 1884 was about 26.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.