About the day » Thursday December 11, 1884Calender converter

• Adrianus Jacobus Weesie, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schermer-, Castricum, Nederland († 1970)
• * Johannes Stephanus (Hans) Mul, Gouda († 1949)
• Adrianus van Ostaijen, Roosendaal († 1968)
• Adriana Marijs, Middelburg
• Agatha Wit, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Aaltje Preso, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Andriesje Bruinewoud, Nijensleek († 1909)
• Adelaïda Eulalia De Mulder, Bornem († 1974)
• Nn Kleine, Hoogeveen († 1884)

• Antje Jacobs Louwsma (5), Balk
• Antonius Boeijen (63), Berghem (nl)
• Albert Munneke de Jonge (51), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Stam, Nw-Lekkerland
• Antje van Langelaar (59), Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van der Wel (1), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Wijk (25), ,, Rotterdam, Hollande-Méridionale, Hollande
• Antje Langelaar (60), Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthoinetta Cornelia Margaretha (Melzen) van Melsen (37), Arnhem 1088
• adriana kranse (84), sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee)

• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City († 1947)
• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)
• 1889 » Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm († 1981)
• 1890 » Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor († 1935)
• 1890 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator († 1976)
• 1893 » Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer († 2002)

• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)

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.
• 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.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on December 11, 1884 was about 7.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.