About the day » Sunday March 9, 1884Calender converter

• Adriana Helmons, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• N.N. Ba(e)ten, Gilze en Rijen († 1884)
• Adhemar Francois Eugene Berneel, L'Oise Vez
• Aaltje Hijlkema, Harich († 1952)
• Maij, Zaandam († 1955)
• Akke Johannes Halbesma, Akkerwoude († 1972)
• "Reverend" Harmanus Goodijk, Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1959)
• Schelling († 1884)
• Adriana Maria de Werd, Alphen en Riel
• Adrianus Antonius Diderich, Amsterdam

• Anthony (Anthonius) Theodorus van Eijk (Eyk) (78), Delft
• Alida Catherina Bor (95), Amersfoort
• +Oskar Michael+ Rachel (2), Lauda-Königshofen-Main-Tauber-BW
• Abe Gerrits Zantema (70), Poppenwier, Nederland
• Abe Gerrits Zantema (70), Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius Theodorus van Eijk, (78), Delft
• Anna Elisabeth op den Camp (3), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• N.N. Ba(e)ten (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Abe Gerrits Santema (70), Poppingawier
• Aaltje Honingh (3), Broek in Waterland

• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)
• 1902 » Will Geer, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies († 2002)
• 1910 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer († 1981)

• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)

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.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• 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.
• December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

The temperature on March 9, 1884 was about 1.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.