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• Aaltje van Zessen, Langerak († 1904)
• Arnoldus Sikkel, Biezelinge († 1945)
• ARTHUR Emile VAN ZYPE, Brugge (B) († 1944)
• Albertine Hubrechsen, Oostende († 1884)
• Albert Homan, Eext, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1885)
• Barend Agterhuis, Hengelo († 1918)
• Ate Botes Galema, Welsrijp († 1970)
• * Levenloos kind Oostrom (Oosterom), Bunnik, Utrecht, NL († 1884)
• Anna Marie Jozefine Gertrude CLERX, Hoeselt (Limburg) (B) († 1899)
• Adrianus Knijnenburg, Den Haag († 1960)

• Adriana Vellekoop (69), Monster
• Antonetta van der Lint (22), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Nederland
• Adriana Höhle (60), Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Knijn (74), Ursem, Wester-Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Vellekoop (70)
• Andrew Honeyman (5), Watsons Land, Whifflet, Lanarkshire
• Aagtje Knijn, Ursem, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIAANTJE VELLEKOOP (69), MONSTER
• Anna Maria Clarijs (39), Antwerpen B
• "Julius" Peter Hermann August zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (72), Baden-Baden, Allemagne

• 1873 » Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist († 1957)
• 1873 » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist († 1935)
• 1874 » George Sheldon, American diver († 1907)
• 1882 » Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter († 1965)
• 1886 » Alfonso XIII of Spain, Spanish monarch († 1941)
• 1888 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer († 1965)
• 1889 » Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author († 1959)
• 1889 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer († 1946)
• 1891 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician († 1957)
• 1893 » Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor and entrepreneur († 1961)

• 1868 » Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)

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.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• 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 May 17, 1884 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.