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• Alida Anna Vrijer, Den Horn, Aduard,, Groningen, Nederland († 1890)
• * Carolus Marinus Johannes Godfroij, 's-Gravenhage († 1956)
• Anna Frederica Noz, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1965)
• Anna Durks Tabak, Oosthem, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Anna Vrijer, Den Horn gem. Aduard
• Anna Maria Kool, Schiedam († 1965)
• Alberdina Geerts Tolner, Onnen († 1961)
• Adrianus Jacob van Kwawegen, Padang,N.O.I
• Alberdina Mannak, Rogat, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1886)
• Anna Maria Rosalia VANVOORDEN, Diepenbeek, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie

• Andries Douwes Hoekstra (0), Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• de Bruijne (0)
• 11 Cornelia Wilhelmina Mooij (27), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Catharina - Maria Catharina Brink (34), Fehndorf, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriaan Tops (44), Strijp
• Barta Hardeman (7), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Meer (25), Gemeente Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
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• Anna Maria Elisabetha Mertens (63), Varendonk, 2431, Antwerpen
• Albert Lodewijk Georg Julius Graaf van Alvensleben (80), Berlijn

• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)
• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)
• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• 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.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on February 8, 1884 was about 7.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.