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• Adrianus Gijsberthus De Jongh, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus Roestenburg, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Amelia HERREMANS, Denderwindeke,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1969)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus de Jongh, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Klomp, Loon op Zand († 1945)
• Adriana Boot, Burgh
• Anna Maria de Lauw, Stratum
• Adrianus Hendrikus van den Berg, Nijmegen († 1939)
• Antje Hayes Statema, Bozum, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Oege Schaap

• Albertus Vaneker (77), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Burger (88), Vinkeveen, U, NL
• "Theodorus" Doris Doris (67), Schijndel
• Albertus van Gerwen (61), Uden
• Adrianus Woudenberg (0), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Virginie Saen (65), Bergues, 59067, Dunkerque, France
• Adriana van Giesbergen (63), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ambrosius Meuleman (71), Sinaai
• Annigje Akkerman (3), Terwispel
• Albertina Isabella Bovie (71), Antwerpen (Belgie)

• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1884 » Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator († 1958)
• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)

• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)

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.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• 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 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

The temperature on January 4, 1884 was about 4.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.