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• Anna Margaretha Rüten, Vlagtwedde(Gr) († 1885)
• Aaltje Maria Duizer, Rhenoij, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert KOOPS, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1885)
• Alida Maria van Oijen, Leiden († 1955)
• Andries Smits, Delft, Nederland († 1885)
• Aaltje Maria Duizer, Rhenoy (Beesd) (GL) († 1957)
• Mollen, Hoogeloon
• Anna Stiller, Dresden, Deutschland
• van Dongen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Clazina Feijge, Kampen († 1962)

• Anna Helena Christina Heller (0), Shakopee, Scott, Minnesota
• Antoinetta Johanna Constantia Nobel (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Aria Groeneveld (22), Piershil
• Adrianus Willemsz van Rijn (65), Noordwijk
• Arent Jan TER HORST (76), Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, Lintelo
• Arent Jan Ter HORST (76)
• Antoinette Johanna Constantia Nobel (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Ganseman (80), Balegem
• Aaltje Kooij (43), Opperdoes
• Anna Helena Christina Heller (0), Shakopee, Scott, Minnesota, United States

• 1880 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall († 1952)
• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist († 1959)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)
• 1888 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist († 1973)
• 1889 » Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Russian politician († 1939)
• 1891 » Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(† 1979)

• 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)

• 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.
• 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 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on November 18, 1884 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.