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• Adrianus Johannes Hermans, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Korver, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Adriana Maria Pauline van Veen, Voorburg
• Jewett(Sjourd) Chalsma, Holland La Crosse († 1974)
• Aaltje Barelds, Norg, Drenthe, Netherlands(Langeloo) († 1924)
• Aaltje Aletta de Boom, Krimpen aan den IJssel († 1962)
• Aaltje Aletta de Boom, krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland) († 1962)
• Amélie Marie Baptistine RAULO, Nantes (44 Loire-Atlantique), France († 1965)
• Assendelft 190
• Anna Maria Engelina Louisa Rienties, Avereest († 1956)

• Anna Catharina Jaspers (70), Antwerpen
• Anna Maria van Boekel (69), 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
• Annichje Boer (62), Holthe
• Albertus Jacobus Dijkman (0), Leiden
• Antje Fedden Stubbe (75), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Penseel (Penceel) (70), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Dommelen (75), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina de Houwer (76), 's-Gravenwezel
• Adriana Koster (21), Zaamslag, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Levenloos (0), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1876 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government († 1950)
• 1876 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist († 1916)
• 1877 » Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago († 1934)
• 1878 » Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright († 1952)
• 1879 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn († 1942)
• 1879 » Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer († 1968)
• 1882 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter († 1930)
• 1884 » Texas Guinan, American entertainer and bootlegger († 1933)
• 1889 » Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader († 1965)
• 1890 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician († 1946)

• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)

• 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.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on January 12, 1884 was about 3.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.