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• Alphonsus Roels, Hontenisse, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Joanna Joris, Woerden († 1887)
• Alphonsius Chantraine, Antwerpen († 1915)
• Albert Witteveen, Wilp
• Alphonse Théodule VAN COPPENOLLE, Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1914)
• Aaltje E. (Alice) Staal, Doornspijk († 1970)
• Adam Mielard, amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Lodewijk Huber, Sibolga, Sibolga City, North Sumatra, Indonesia († 1963)
• Ankje Dirks Riedstra, Lekkum († 1970)
• Adrianus Tol, Harenkarspel

• Aagje Kamsteeg (59), Giessendam
• Berend Valkman (0), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus van Hoof (0), Vessem
• Aagje Kamsteeg (57), Giessendam
• Catharina Johanna van der Pluijm (32), Breda
• Antonius Aloisius van der Burgt (21), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana VRIENTS (71), Schilde, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Abel Pluister (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Gysberta Frederika Johanna Kotze (61), "Verlorenvallei", Piketberg, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South Africa
• Anna Katharina Emillie Wurmbach (50), Unter-Wilden

• 1881 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer († 1956)
• 1883 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer († 1962)
• 1883 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido († 1969)
• 1884 » Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright († 1950)
• 1887 » Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor († 1963)
• 1894 » Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter († 1974)
• 1895 » George VI of the United Kingdom († 1952)
• 1895 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author († 1952)
• 1896 » Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1993)
• 1897 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria († 1977)

• 1842 » Ben Crack-O, king of several tribes around Cape Palmas
• 1860 » George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1861 » Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1865 » Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist and mineralogist (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)
• 1878 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
• 1920 » George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)

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.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.

The temperature on December 14, 1884 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.