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• Adriana Alida Kooijman, Jutphaas († 1884)
• Adriana Johanna Josephina Antonia Hijmans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna Jannetje Allewijn, Krabbendijke († 1980)
• Andrew HINGSTON, Exton, Tasmania, Australia († 1884)
• Agatha Hofenk, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adriana Alida Kooijman, Jutphaas († 1884)
• Anna Christina Ording, Utrecht († 1936)
• Albert Teunissen, Doorwerth († 1940)
• Angela Quartiero, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil († 1952)
• van Disseldorp, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Maria Koning (8), Zandvoort
• aagje van der kraan (36), zoetermeer
• Abby Buffum Tinkham (35), Grafton, New Hampshire
• Aldegonda van Hoek (1), Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Adrianus Gerardus Rijnberk (44), Roosendaal en Niscpen, NL
• Abraham Provoost (0), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Ambrosius Augustus Moelans (0), Dessel (België)
• Aagje Hoogendam (56)
• Anna Gertrudis van Pol (0), Montfort
• Ariaantje de Booy (75), Langerak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1878 » Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1881 » William Boeing, American engineer and businessman, founded the Boeing Company († 1956)
• 1885 » Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, critic († 1977)
• 1887 » Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland († 1952)
• 1887 » Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general († 1945)
• 1890 » Stanley Holloway, English actor († 1982)
• 1893 » Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter († 1974)
• 1893 » Ip Man, Chinese martial artist († 1972)
• 1894 » Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic († 1961)
• 1895 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan († 1951)

• 1837 » Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 » Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1901 » Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)

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 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• 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.

The temperature on October 1, 1884 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.