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• Albert Apekrom, Middelie, Nederland († 1926)
• Aaltje Dol, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Alberdina Swierenga, Ten Boer († 1885)
• Aaltje Bomhoff, Zwolle (Ov )
• Aaltien Roelofs Timmer, Drouwenerveen
• Rietveld, krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland)
• Adrianus Ardon, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Brus, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Ooteman, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Eggen, Nijmegen

• Aaltje van Vliet (30), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Scherpenzeel (32), Houten, UT, Nederland
• (Stillborn) WIERSEMA (0), Oldehove Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria van der Reijden (35), Arnhem
• Adèle Albertine Stéphanie Brass (1), Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
• Anna van Straten (67)
• Adriana Geertruida Jeanette Budach (39), Purwakarta, Indonesie
• Aaltje van Ingen (72), Tiel
• Antje de Meijer (69), Buiksloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida van der Bent (0), Noordwijk

• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)

• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

• 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 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• 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 » 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.

The temperature on February 19, 1884 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.