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• Aleida Justina Maria EVERS, Arnhem Gelderland Netherlands († 1949)
• Aaltje Martina van der GRAAF, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1920)
• Aaltje Guikema, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland († 1957)
• Alice Bertha Corey, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Albert Jan Velthoen, Nijbroek (gem. Voorst)
• Anna de Bruijn, Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1885)
• Agatha Cornelia Henrietta Zaalberg van Zelst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Angelina Carolina CLEIREN, Lillo, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Assendelft 22
• Adriaan Mastenbroek, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Beert(Barend, Berend) Willemsen Boerendans (92), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Aerts (101), Grote-Brogel,, Limburg, België
• Anna Thérèsia Maria Agatha Cremers (0), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Allegonda van den Heuvel (73), Uden
• Adriana Maria Vermeer (0), Tilburg
• Adrianus van der Pot (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Duinker (33), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van der Pot (0), 's-Gravenzande
• Berend Zoer (48), Weerdingerveen Emmen, Nederland
• Catharina Messemaker (0), Brielle

• 1877 » Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist († 1928)
• 1879 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)
• 1888 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1959)
• 1888 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician († 1938)
• 1890 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel († 1944)
• 1892 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1893 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer († 1945)

• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)

• 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 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on October 9, 1884 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.