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• Adriana Willemina Vogelaar, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van VLIET, Dordrecht († 1975)
• Cornelia van der Toorn, 's-Gravenhage († 1963)
• Alberta Arlietta Huijgen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriana Johanna van Vliet, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1975)
• Adriana Geers, Gemeente Steenbergen, NL († 1960)
• Aaltje Pietersd X Glas, EaZ († 1956)
• Adriaan Nous, Brasschaat († 1960)
• Alberdinus Winters, Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus (Adrien) Nous, Brasschaat (B) († 1960)

• Andries Swarts (69), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Maria ZUYDERVELT (ZUIJDERVELD) (31), Den Haag, Gemeente s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anzolette Elizabeth Page (77), Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
• Antonie Koppelman (2), Amsterdam
• Antonie Vink (73), Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Annigje Pieters Punter (79), Vinkega
• Anthonie Vink (73), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Munters (0), Middelburg
• Anna Catharina Weemhof (69), Westerbroek
• Antje Ooteman (0), Lutjebroek

• 1875 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist († 1929)
• 1877 » Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic († 1956)
• 1878 » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer († 1941)
• 1879 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright († 1961)
• 1882 » Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer († 1941)
• 1885 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1885 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author († 1973)
• 1890 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)

• 1855 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)

• 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.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• 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 January 15, 1884 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.