About the day » Wednesday November 5, 1884Calender converter

• Andreas Soeters, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1966)
• Albertus Tyncke, Gent († 1944)
• Anna Cornelia (Maria Modesta) Moerings, Hansweert († 1953)
• Adrianus Kemme, Vinkeveen († 1946)
• Adrianus Johannes WELSINK, Woerden
• Piek, groningen († 1884)
• Anna Catharina Reijntjes, Gilze en Rijen († 1961)
• Achiel Ivens, Sinaai
• Anne van Dijken, Valtherveen († 1890)
• Adriana Zijderlaan, Rotterdam († 1886)

• Ann Ord (54), 7 Foyle St Sunderland Durham
• Albertdina Egbers (50), Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Lebens (0)
• Aaltje Worst (74), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Agnes Petronella Maria Plag (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post (0), Aengwirden
• Arend de Boer (65), Zwartsluis
• "Edouard" Dominique Marie Joseph d'Huart (84), château d'Onthaine, Achêne, Ciney, Belgique
• Antje Stam (0), Den Helder
• Arie Donker (71), Schoonrewoerd

• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)
• 1892 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist († 1964)
• 1892 » John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force († 1919)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on November 5, 1884 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.