About the day » Thursday January 3, 1884Calender converter

• Abraham Willem Lap, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1884)
• Cowsert († 1884)
• Adrianus van Ewijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Antonia Vernooij, Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Hendrik Petrus de Beer
• Albert de Winter, Borgele (Diepenveen) († 1964)
• Antoinette Louise de Kock, Bendigo,Greater Bendigo,Victoria,Australia († 1956)
• Anna de Vries
• Adriana Maria Hennekam, Hoeven,Halderberge,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1957)
• * Marinus Ravestijn, Rotterdam

• Andries Haasbeek (55), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Berendina Ebbers (17), Etten (Oude IJsselstreek) (GL)
• Cowsert (0)
• Adrianus Wildschut (76)
• Aaltje van Dijk (56), Montfoort
• Antonia van Alebeek (49), Den Dungen, Sint-Michielsgestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia van de Werf (78), Oss
• de Snoo (0), Ridderkerk
• Annigje Hoekman (67), Nijeveen
• Clement Joseph Baert (4), Koewacht

• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)
• 1877 » Josephine Hull, American actress († 1957)
• 1880 » Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer († 1960)
• 1883 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1967)
• 1883 » Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower († 1963)
• 1884 » Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer († 1948)
• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)
• 1886 » Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

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.
• 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.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on January 3, 1884 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.