About the day » Saturday January 26, 1884Calender converter

• Aaltje van Aalderen, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Jan Schilperoort, Sommelsdijk
• Adolf Jozef Notelaers, Geel, België († 1943)
• Adriaan van Bochove, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Aaltje van Asselt, Apeldoorn († 1955)
• Aaltje Dob, Muskegon (Michigan, USA) († 1944)
• Aafke Rinks van der Velde, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adrianus Carolus Kok, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Ada Wanless Nicholson, Hebburn, Durham, England († 1963)
• Adriaan van Andel, Haarlemmermeer

• Christina Fenger, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nl
• Adam Joseph Erasmus Graaf van Hutten-Czapsky (64), Nicéa (Iznik) Bithinië, Turkije
• Cornelia Gerarda Blom (1), Ter Aar, Zuid Holland
• Antje Jans ter Linde (57), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Albert Jacobs van der Haar (67), Meppel, Nederland
• Albert van der Haar (67), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Muis (0), Velp
• Brigitta Theresia Pauwels (72), Oppuurs
• Brigitta Theresia Pauwels 1+ (72), Oppuurs
• Augustus ( Carron ) Caron (38), Brugge

• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)
• 1878 » Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach († 1948)
• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)
• 1885 » Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater († 1962)
• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)

• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

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.
• March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
• 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.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on January 26, 1884 was about 8.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.