About the day » Tuesday April 29, 1884Calender converter

• aartje KOOIJ, strijen
• Anthonie Kraal, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Adrianus van de Leur, Vlijmen († 1885)
• Andries Alblas, Jaarsveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Aartje KOOIJ, Strijen († 1961)
• Anna Catharina Rosenbaum, Pannesheide (D) († 1922)
• Amanda Margaretha Antoinette HUF, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriana van der Logt, Etten-Leur (Etten-Leur) (Noord-Brabant) († 1884)
• Adrianus van de Leur, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1885)
• Amanda Margaretha Antoinetta Huf, Amsterdam († 1968)

• Aaltje Alberts Nijenhuis (65), Diever
• van den Brom (0), Hoevelaken
• ANDREAS MICHAEL VANDENWEYER, Mol
• Adriana Jansd van der LINDEN (70), Goudswaard
• Adriana Huisken (76), Heerjansdam
• Anje GRIEDEMA (81), Eenrum
• Adriana van der Linden (70), Goudswaard
• Foesenek (0), Princenhage, Nederland
• Adriana van der LINDEN (70), Goudswaard
• Alida van der Meer (58), Leiden, zkh

• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)
• 1882 » Auguste Herbin, French painter († 1960)
• 1882 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister († 1945)
• 1885 » Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author († 1948)
• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)
• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)

• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)

• 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.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• 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 April 29, 1884 was about 11.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.