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• Albert Stam-, Vlagtwedde, Nederland
• Alphonse HODY
• Anna Johanna Gertrudis Hermans, Maasbree
• Adriaan Overdulve, Ouwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Sophia Hudig, Philipsbrug (Sint Maarten) († 1967)
• Anna Maria MUNNINGHOF, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1970)
• anna maria munninghof, helden-dorp († 1970)
• Anna Grooff († 1979)
• Aleida Petronella Ariens, Zeddam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalberta Mallan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)

• Antoine Mathieu Demay (61), Parijs 14e arr, Val-d’Oise, Frankrijk
• Aleida Leisink (55), IJzevoorde (Doetinchem Ambt)
• Oudshoorn (75), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertien Berends Timmer (59), Westenesch (Emmen, NL)
• Aaltje Pieters VAN MAAR (83), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Antonette de Beer (0), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Moesselaar (76), amsterdam
• Albertien Timmer (59), Wester-Esch (Emmen)
• Anna Cornelia van der Reijden (3), Rotterdam
• Alfred Charles Tolley (3), Nephi, Juab, Utah

• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)
• 1890 » Álvaro de Campos, Portuguese poet and engineer († 1935)
• 1893 » Carol II of Romania († 1953)

• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)

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.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on October 15, 1884 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.