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• Anna Maria Mechtild Lemmens, Geulle († 1959)
• Anna Marie Gertrud Meijer, Iserlohn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Jannetje de Jonge, St.Annaland
• de Ruiter († 1905)
• Albertine Christine Gewin, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Alphonsus Cornelis van Esch, 's-Gravenhage († 1972)
• Anna Hilbrand, Maastricht († 1931)
• Anna Maria Nieuwenhuizen, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• Alois Stocker, Jordan, Scott, Minnesota († 1885)
• ?? Roskammer, (FR) Schoterland († 1884)

• Arie Oosterveld (0), Ransdorp
• Anne Meijer (0), beerzerveld
• Adriana Maria de Graaff (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Franssen (59), Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Kleijn (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje VISSER (77), Huizen
• Antonia Vosbergen (70), Kralingen, Nederland
• Aafje Machiels Schoppenhouwer (70), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Johannes Fredericks (2), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Vosbergen (70), Rotterdam

• 1881 » Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer († 1947)
• 1882 » James Lightbody, American runner († 1953)
• 1883 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter († 1958)
• 1884 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author († 1960)
• 1885 » Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist († 1943)
• 1885 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor († 1965)
• 1886 » Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player († 1951)
• 1887 » Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner († 1925)
• 1887 » S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
• 1889 » Reggie Walker, South African athlete († 1951)

• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)

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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• 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.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on March 16, 1884 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.