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• Anna Catharina Josepha Schiffelers, Bocholtz
• Anna Maria Jense, Delft († 1886)
• Agatha Cornelia Uittenbogaard, Wassenaar († 1963)
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Rijntjes, Arnhem († 1940)
• Alberta Maria Spooren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Cornelia Uijttenbogaard, Wassenaar
• Aaltje Flobbe, Steenwijk († 1886)
• Alida van der Bank, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberdina Monck, Arnhem
• Adolphina Augustina Delforterie, Amersfoort († 1921)

• Alida Wilhelmina van Emmerik (2) (0), Culemborg, The Netherlands
• Alida Maria Wullepit (0), Klerken
• Alida Jakoba van der Linden Sprankhuizen (81), Nuis (Marum), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Linden (65)
• Aarnout Bijl (64), Sommelsdijk
• Anna Catharina Mertens (60), Weert Limburg (NL)
• Anthony Knapp Lane (72), Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Afke NIJHOLT (40), Sint Nicolaasga(Friesland)
• Aleida Kamp (4), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Angela Louisa Emma Gevers Leuven (49), 's-Gravenhage

• 1869 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author († 1944)
• 1873 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York († 1944)
• 1878 » William Aberhart, Canadian evangelist and politician, 7th Premier of Alberta († 1943)
• 1879 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher († 1950)
• 1883 » Archer Baldwin, American-English farmer and politician († 1966)
• 1883 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1960)
• 1884 » Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1887 » William Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner and coach († 1967)
• 1890 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexican soldier and politician, 47th President of Mexico (1952-1958) who granted women the right to vote. († 1973)
• 1897 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian songwriter and screenwriter († 1976)

• 1879 » Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, Brazilian poet and painter (b. 1806)
• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• 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.
• 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 December 30, 1884 was about -0.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.