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• Ale Dijkstra, Baarderadeel
• Aagje Roobol, Charlois († 1963)
• Adriana van Eekelen, Rucphen († 1919)
• Agnes Mathilde, Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz, Wien, Wien, Austria († 1959)
• * Jan Groen, Herwijnen († 1952)
• Andréa Evaliena Meijers, Baarn († 1943)
• Aart Gerrit van Nugteren, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Allegonda WULFSE, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas van Eijsden, Maastricht (L) († 1935)
• Agnes Mathilde Maria Bertha Eleonore Valentine Juliana Prinses van Windisch-Grätz, Wenen († 1969)

• Abraham Hains (83), Bern Township, Berks County, PA
• Andreas van Ginneken (80), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Bussemaker (73), Borne
• Alice Hathaway Roosevelt (22), New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America
• Anneken ten Lintelo (74), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Padding (3), Het Schut, Hoogeveen
• Angela Maria Koenderinck, Eibergen (GE), Rekken
• Anna Gertruida van Rhee (38), Horst
• Aliena Buning (45), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries van Ginneken (80), Zevenbergen

• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1882 » John Barrymore, American actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1884 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1890 » Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)
• 1891 » Katherine Stinson, American aviator († 1977)
• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)

• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)

• 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 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.

The temperature on February 14, 1884 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.