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• Albertus Goes, Harmelen († 1942)
• Aleida Mentink, Terwolde (Voorst) († 1884)
• Adriana Antje de Vos, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adriana Antje de Vos, Fijnaart
• Anke Kuipers, Tjerkwerd († 1939)
• Adriana Wallenburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Spapens, Loon op Zand († 1963)
• Nn Gritter, Hollandscheveld († 1884)
• Albertus Bergsma, Oldemarkt
• Adrianus van GERVEN, Hekelingen (1817-1966) Spijkenisse (tot 2015) Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)

• Anna Maria Catharina Janssen (0), Maasniel
• HEIJNENS, Valkenburg
• Anna Geertruda Maria van den Wildenberg (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Wilhelmina Elisabeth Bol (0)
• Alle Wiersma (0), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Gritter (0), Hollandscheveld
• Alle Sijes Wiersma (0), Hallum
• Mom (0), Ubbergen
• de Wit (0)
• Anna Maria Gozevoort (32)

• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)
• 1890 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist († 1979)
• 1893 » Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic († 1978)
• 1895 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal († 1970)
• 1897 » Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher († 1954)
• 1898 » Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic († 1989)

• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)

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.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on August 24, 1884 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.