About the day » Wednesday January 9, 1884Calender converter

• Albert Verheugen, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1959)
• Antje Pater, Berkhout († 1927)
• Antje Warnaar, Maassluis
• Aart van der Kraats, Amsterdam {NH}
• Antonie Jong de, Haarlemmermeer Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ANNA MAGTILDA DIJKSHOORN, ROTTERDAM († 1946)
• Aleida Grada Dingeldein, Denekamp, Dinkelland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Postma, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1931)
• Akke Huizenga, Dantumawoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Geilenkirchen, Kerkrade, Limburg, Niederlande

• Anna Maria Herckenrath (37), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Dieben (44), Oegstgeest
• Aaltje Engels (34), Groningen
• Anna, Maria Herckenrath (38), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Leidekker (35), Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie Pieter Penning (17)
• Anna Rouwendal (77), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Rouwendaal (77), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Knip (71), Oterleek
• Alberdina Schuurman, Welsum-Dalfsen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1879 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic († 1958)
• 1881 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet († 1956)
• 1881 » Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic († 1938)
• 1885 » Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1886 » Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer († 1943)
• 1889 » Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright († 1969)
• 1890 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright († 1938)
• 1890 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author († 1935)
• 1891 » August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author († 1960)
• 1892 » Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician († 1985)

• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)

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.
• 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.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

The temperature on January 9, 1884 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.