About the day » Wednesday October 29, 1884Calender converter

• Agatha Peters Martijn, Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Christianus van Deventer, Utrecht († 1954)
• Alfred George JOB, Parkes, Parkes Shire, New South Wales, Australia († 1939)
• Albert Jan Gosem, Kampen († 1917)
• Adolf Hendrik Visscher, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1949)
• Karel van Rijn, 's-Gravenzande († 1960)
• Aafke Jans van Dijk, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)
• Buisman, Bovenkarspel, Nederland
• Aaltje Heite, Giethoorn, Nederland († 1934)
• Aagje Martijn, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)

• Arie Visser (59), Sliedrecht
• Antonius Lathouwers (0), Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Arend Hülsebos (81), Oude Pekela
• Berend Jan Huiskes (14), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• CAREL BENEDICTUS Ziervogel (85), Graaff Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa
• Aaltje Peek (58), Culemborg
• Andries Aartsz Lekkerkerker (0), Polsbroek, ut.nld
• Adriaan Willem Quarles van Ufford (jonkheer) (35), Voorburg
• Arie Visser (59), Sliedrecht
• Adèle Emilie Ghislaine BRYNAERT (2), Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)
• 1882 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright († 1944)
• 1883 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player († 1966)
• 1891 » Fanny Brice, American actress and singer († 1951)

• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)

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 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on October 29, 1884 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.