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• Adriana Aleida van de Ven, Rijnsburg († 1900)
• Adrianus Petrus Mommers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Alcine Renestine Joséphine TERRIER, La Daguenière, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France († 1963)
• Angela Helena Hackmann, Dersum, Steinbild († 1909)
• Adam Reith, Fulda, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1936)
• Adrianus Petrus Mommers, Tilburg († 1960)
• adriana ZEVENBERGEN, strijen
• Andreas Johannes Marges, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Albertus Gerard van der Kaaij, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1885)
• Aafke Aalders, Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)

• Arie Cornelis Venhoek (2), Velp,Rheden,Gelderland,Nederland
• Antje de Vries (34), Den Oever
• Albertus Alberts de Ree (0), Workum
• Lips (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• abraham HAZEJAGER (86), westmaas
• Anna Elisabetha Crombach (0), Kerkrade (L
• Adrianis van Baak? (46)
• Abraham Pietersz HASEJAGER (86), Westmaas
• Brendje VAN DER HOEK (0), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Ambrose Theodore D'hulster (72), Klerken

• 1878 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine († 1929)
• 1881 » Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author († 1941)
• 1882 » Günther von Kluge, Polish-German field marshal († 1944)
• 1882 » Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer († 1957)
• 1882 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral († 1959)
• 1885 » Ezra Pound, American poet and critic († 1972)
• 1886 » Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright († 1958)
• 1887 » Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright († 1923)
• 1888 » Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek footballer and high jumper († 1913)
• 1888 » Louis Menges, American soccer player, soldier, and politician († 1969)

• 1882 » William Forster, Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1818)
• 1883 » Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Robert Volkmann, German pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1893 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
• 1894 » Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1895 » James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822)
• 1899 » William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (b. 1843)
• 1910 » Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)

• 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 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on October 30, 1884 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.