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March 6, 1884Born on Friday March 7, 1884
- Ada W. Dunnam [K], Greene County, Mississippi († 1885)
- Alberta Francisca van Ommeren, Zutphen († 1961)
- Alberta Francisca (Bertha) VAN OMMEREN, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1961)
- Adriana Elisabeth Kerbusch, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
- Agatha Elfering, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
- Adriana Gerardina Luijten, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Abraham van den Bos, Bruinisse († 1965)
- Aartje Cornelia Mouw, Middleburg, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
- Andries Smit, Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1967)
- Schaafsma, Lemsterland († 1884)
Died on Friday March 7, 1884
- Anna Maria Geelen (91), Weert, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
- Alexander Gordon (73), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
- Albert Kremer (54), Vennebrugge
- Schaafsma (0), Lemsterland
- angélique HANNEUSE (37), Jemappes (Belgium) Hainaut
- Anna Christina Van den Bleeken (38), Antwerpen, België
- Aaltje van de Wal (4), Putten
- Agnes van Well (45), Well, Wermelskirchen, 42929, Duitsland
- Anna Langerak (79), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- (levenloos kind) Jans (0), Escharen, NBr., NL
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 7, 1884 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De standaard
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on March 7
- 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
- 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
- 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
- 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
- 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
- 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
- 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)
- 1888 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1978)
- 1888 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist and author († 1977)
- 1894 » Ana María O'Neill, Puerto Rican scholar and activist († 1981)
Died on March 7
- 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
- 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
- 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
- 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
- 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
- 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
- 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
- 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
- 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
Names that were popular for boys in 1884
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
- Antonius
Names that were popular for girls in 1884
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Christina
- Margaretha
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1884
- 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.
- 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.
- May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- 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.
The weather on Friday March 7, 1884
The temperature on March 7, 1884 was about 0.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI