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• Alphonsius Audenaert, Stekene († 1892)
• Aafke Prins, Oudedijk, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• Alois Hoorelbeke, Zarren
• Anna Petronella Elisabeth Hollenga, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus van Heesch († 1885)
• Alida Jacoba Petronella Spiekerman van Weezelenburg, Victoria West, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Zuid-Afrika
• Alida van Wijk, Rotterdam
• Adriana Hendrika Schot, Tholen
• Anna Maria van Heesch, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Flink, Vlissingen († 1884)

• Aris Zijdewind (59), Harenkarspel, Nederland
• Amalie Kristine Hansdatter (3), For, Trondenes, Troms, Norway
• Annaatje de Boer (38), Durgerdam
• Adam LANG (0), Sherrill,Dubuque,IOWA, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Pendraat (10), Amsterdam
• * Josina van den Heuvel (43), Hei-en Boeicop
• Antje ter Heide (8), Paasloo
• Albertus Oerlemans (62), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Johannes Addink (43), Zutphen
• Aart Brouwer (1), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic († 1948)
• 1873 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician († 1936)
• 1881 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1886 » Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman († 1974)
• 1888 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1888 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic († 1980)
• 1890 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1890 » Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer († 1958)
• 1891 » Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper († 1971)
• 1894 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia († 1978)

• 1856 » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
• 1862 » Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1893 » George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
• 1916 » Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French-Argentinian cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1919 » Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1835)
• 1920 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
• 1921 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (b. 1852)

• 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.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

The temperature on December 20, 1884 was about 3.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.