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• Adrianus de Rijk, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Quirijns, Langstraat
• Adriaan Kieboom
• Adrianus de Rijk, Ouder-Amstel († 1945)
• Andreas Gerardus Hermanus Sweers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adrianus Petrus van Gils, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna NIETERS, Emmen-Compascuum
• Alice Ann Lamb ALAM03.ALI01XS, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
• Alexander Mathieu Joseph SPRUYT, Bilzen (Limburg) (B) († 1972)
• Aaltje VEENSTRA, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland

• Adrianus Sprang, van (0), Kedichem
• Albertus Blink (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland The Netherlands
• Albert Koopmans (31)
• Stadman (0), Midlaren,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Aaldert ten Hertog (3), Dedemsvaart
• Achiel Pollentier (0), Beerst
• Aart van den Hoven (74), Groot-Ammers, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aalbertus Kromwijk (45), Barwoutswaarder
• (Stillborn) BEIBOER (0), Augsbuurt (Kollumerland c.a.) Friesland Netherlands
• Anna-Maria Marchand (65), Princenhage

• 1879 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director († 1948)
• 1881 » Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician († 1960)
• 1881 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author († 1945)
• 1883 » Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War († 1963)
• 1883 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet († 1941)
• 1885 » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist († 1967)
• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)
• 1885 » Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor († 1972)
• 1888 » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)

• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)

• 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.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• 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 8, 1884 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.