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• Aaltien Timmer, Drouwenerveen († 1974)
• Albert Washington Osborn, Berthoud, Larimer County, Colorado († 1967)
• Albert Jacobsz Blok, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Aaltje Pauw, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1950)
• Bernardus Lippus(Lippes), Haarlemmermeer († 1947)
• Albert Apekrom, Middelie, Nederland († 1926)
• Adderius Lucas Boswijk, Sappemeer
• Adrianus Beugelaar, Huizen
• Alberdina Swierenga, Ten Boer († 1885)
• Aalbert Johannes Blonk, Woerden († 1955)

• Agatha Maria Daniëls (1), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Catharina van Vught (85), Drunen
• Alida van der Poel (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Adèle Albertine Stéphanie Brass (1), Sint-Jans Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
• Adrianus Scherpenzeel (32), Houten
• Anna Maria van der Reijden (35), Arnhem
• Antonius Meijntjes (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aalbert Ruiter (31), Putten
• Anna Maria van Gerven (Gerwen) (15), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Albert Broekhuis (23)

• 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)

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 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• 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.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's 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%.