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• Anna Cornelia Van Alsenoy, Lillo-Antwerpen, België
• Albertus van der Wal, Ittersum (Zwollerkerspel) († 1884)
• Drinhuijzen, Semarang, Midden-Java
• Albertje Bos, Weststellingwerf
• Aartje Plomp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Catharina de Graaf, Delfshaven
• Albertus Lokken, Stadskanaal (Wildervank)
• Alida van Zwieten, Vinkeveen († 1960)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Hek, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Amelia Goossens, Itegem, 2222, België († 1943)

• Anna Catharina Vermeiren (37), Boom, Antwerp, Belgium
• Antje Schuitema (28), Tinallinge gem. Baflo
• Antonie Albertus van Omme (0), Brummen
• Anna van der Heijden (69), Avezaath
• Antje Scholtes Sietsma (79), Lemmer
• Anna Maria ROIJMANS (54), Lierop, 3922, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van der Veen (2), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Vroom (46), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• van der Heijde (69), Kapel-Avezaath (Tiel)
• Albert Pieters Koning (69), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland

• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)
• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)
• 1884 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician († 1949)
• 1884 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author († 1937)
• 1887 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author († 1947)
• 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)
• 1894 » John Ford, American director and producer († 1973)

• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

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.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• 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.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on February 1, 1884 was about 9.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.