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Born on Saturday February 16, 1884
- Alfred Victor Glavier, Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut, Belgique
- ?? van den Broek, Delft († 1884)
- Anna Steert, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1951)
- Aleida Adriana VISSER, Sliedrecht
- Aleida Maria Nijhuis, Oranjedorp, Drenthe, Nederland († 1891)
- Anna Maria Adriana van Dooren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
- Aaltje Stuart, Weesp († 1967)
- Albert Jan Klein Ovink, Diepenveen (Colmschate) († 1904)
- Amelia Cras, Westerlo, België († 1974)
- Albert Mensch, Enkhuizen († 1897)
Died on Saturday February 16, 1884
- Arie LIPJES (34), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
- (1e) Hendrik Santing (26), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands
- Caroline B Barnes (77), Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States
- Arnolda Netten, 's-Hertogenbosch
- Antonia Grada Karnebeek (Kanebeek) (37), Lintvelde
- christina theodora VONK (77), rotterdam
- Caroline Wilhelmine Dorothee "Thekla" von Bibra (73)
- Antonie Nagel (19), Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Christina Broekhuis, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
- Adriana Cornelia Maria Maris (0), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant,The Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 16, 1884 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De standaard
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
Born on February 16
- 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
- 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
- 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
- 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)
- 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
- 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
- 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)
- 1891 » Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic († 1968)
- 1893 » Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer († 1974)
- 1896 » Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian († 2010)
Died on February 16
- 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
- 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
- 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
- 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
- 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
- 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
- 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
- 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
- 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
Names that were popular for boys in 1884
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1884
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Christina
- Margaretha
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1884
- 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.
- January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
- October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
The weather on Saturday February 16, 1884
The temperature on February 16, 1884 was about 0.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI