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• Adrianus Petrus Bol, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hendrik Willem W√ºlf, Djokjakarta Java Ned.Indie († 1911)
• Albert Dumond († 1940)
• Andries Hendrik Willem Wulf, Djokjakarta, Nederlandsch Indie († 1911)
• Aaldert Hendriks Voolstra, Opsterland († 1956)
• Aaltje Bakkum, Limmen († 1885)
• Aaltje Boer, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Heesen, Utrecht († 1884)
• Alberta Ebing, Vianen († 1894)
• Aaltje Bakkum, Limmen († 1885)

• Anthonia Maria de Groot (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Berendje van Dijk (66), Kampereiland, Kampen, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Hoekstra (81), Wommels
• Abram Bussemaker (77), Borne {OV}
• Atje de Blaauw (6), Amsterdam
• Ann Elizabeth KELLAS (25), Newton of Struthers, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
• Adriana Cornelia Jansdr Kleinjan (1), Puttershoek
• Age Douwes Tichelaar (2), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoon Pieter Coenraad Daniëls (3), Den Haag
• Bastiaan Boender (71), Westmaas

• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)
• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
• 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)
• 1887 » Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer († 1933)
• 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)
• 1888 » Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine († 1961)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

The temperature on February 22, 1884 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.