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• Albert Leroy Norris, Moultrie,Illinois,United States († 1940)
• Alphonsius Paulssen, Itteren, Maastricht († 1948)
• Alida Maria Roose, Oedelem
• Ana Feliz Builes Montoya, Valparaíso, Antioquia, Colombia
• Adrianus Moerman, Vlaardingen († 1884)
• Andreas Rijnbeek, Mijdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Andreas Rijnbeek, De Ronde Venen, Mijdrecht, UTR, Nederland († 1958)
• andreas greijn, helden († 1899)
• Aaltje Koopman, westenesch († 1947)
• Aaltje Visjager, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)

• Aaltjen Vinke (69), Olst (buurtschap Duur)
• Anna Maria DEPREZ (71), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Aafke Eilkes van Houten (67), Leens
• Aart van Kooten (79), Linschoten, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius van Rijnsoever (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna van Buuren (0), Delft
• Alexandre LEMASSON (30), Puceul, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
• Adriana Hendrika Hoogeveen (0), Oudshoorn
• Abraham van Zuilen
• Albertina van Damme (61), Groede

• 1879 » Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer († 1984)
• 1880 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper († 1954)
• 1880 » Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist († 1964)
• 1882 » Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal († 1970)
• 1885 » Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer († 1961)
• 1885 » Thomas Cronan, American triple jumper († 1962)
• 1887 » Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter († 1931)
• 1888 » Pe Maung Tin, Burma-based scholar and educator († 1973)
• 1889 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and academic († 1924)
• 1889 » Stafford Cripps, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1952)

• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)

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.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
• 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 April 24, 1884 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.