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• Adriana Ruijs, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Visser, Lemsterland († 1885)
• Adolf Rothbart, Pleschen, Wlkp., Poland
• Angela Helena Noeninckx, Antwerpen, België († 1884)
• Adrianus Timmers, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Davelaar, De Glind (Gem.) Barneveld († 1923)
• Adriaan Breure, Dinteloord
• Adriana Smaal, Dubbeldam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1970)
• Adolphe Desire Devlamynck, Pervijze, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1885)
• Lubeck, Djombang, Soerabaja

• Anna Maria Hubertina Tillie *Tilly (6), Sint-Pieter, Limburg, Nederland
• RUTGERS (0), De Heurne, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Maria FROYEN (53), Kuringen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Margaretha Gertzen (62), Altenberge
• Abraham van den Boogert (43), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Nater (42), 's-Gravenhage
• Allegonda, Wilhelmina Wannet (0), Nijmegen, Netherland
• Abraham van den Berg (28), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Tilly (6), Sint Pieter
• Abgail Margaret Messmore (52), Elk Falls, Elk Co., KS

• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)
• 1892 » Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach († 1957)
• 1892 » Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian († 1957)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

The temperature on January 18, 1884 was about 5.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.