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• Agatha Maria Johanna van Zijl, Monster
• Johanna Klunder, Hoogeveen († 1952)
• Aaffien Koopman, Borger,Drenthe,Niederlande,Nieuw Buinen († 1946)
• Adriana Anna Wervelsman, Zoeterwoude († 1946)
• Adriana Johanna van Doorn († 1964)
• Adriana Christina BARNAT Jdr, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1886)
• Alexander Geurtsen, Oosterhout
• Aaffien Koopman, Nieuw-Buinen, Borger († 1946)
• Abelina Geertruida Dinkla, Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1931)
• Adriana Willemina Bok, Poederoijen (GL) († 1921)

• Antonetta Verasdonk (68), Geldrop
• Aagje Schekkerman (0), Hem, Venhuizen
• Armand Leopold Auguste Waterkeyn (0), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antoine Theodore Louis Lemaire (3), Semarang, Midden-Java, Indonesië
• Andreas Vasbinder (78), Zwolle (Overijssel)
• Anne Marie GERBER (69), Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anthonius Josephus van Oostveen (0), Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bareld Klazes Kootstra (0), Harkema Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes den Hartog (0), Culemborg
• Antonia van der Asdonck (68), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1875 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)
• 1880 » Fred Alexander, American tennis player († 1969)
• 1881 » Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1883 » Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic († 1941)
• 1886 » Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic († 1950)
• 1887 » Marija Leiko, Latvian actress († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia († 1976)
• 1890 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman († 1946)
• 1892 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic († 1988)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

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 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on August 14, 1884 was about 19.1 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.