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• Abel Sjollema, Wonseradeel († 1970)
• Aaltje de Waal, Ilpendam
• Agnes Elisabeth Degen, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Andries Jacobus Vrijbergen, Amsterdam († 1911)
• Alida Schnitzler, Leiden († 1954)
• Adriana van Zanten, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Ethel Marsh, Tracy, Appanoose, Iowa, US († 1963)
• Maria Elisabeth deJong, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Boekholt, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Witteveen, Idaarderadeel, Fr, Nederland

• Anna Maria Alida van Bommel (58), den haag
• Aafje Cornelis Buurman (84), Grootebroek, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Zijderlaan (2), Stolwijk
• Hoek (0), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelie Cocquyt (67), Kanegem, WVL, B
• Andries Olijslager (1), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Adriana Baks (0), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Willems Gaastra (63), Hommerts
• Adriana Hendrika van Loon (0), Rotterdam
• Agathta Johanna Cornelia van der Vlis (0), Utrecht

• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

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.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• 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.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on February 23, 1884 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.