About the day » Thursday May 22, 1884Calender converter

• Abraham Velleman, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Albert Schaapman, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1921)
• adriana frederika donkersloot, ooltgensplaat (goeree overflakkee) († 1955)
• Adriana Klazina Verschuren, Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1884)
• Anna Hillegonds, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois († 1949)
• Verkaik, Kralingen († 1884)
• Aalbert van Beek, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Van Gils, Princenhage * NL * († 1885)
• Anna Schaller
• Anna Catharina VAN HEMELDONCK, Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1960)

• Angelina Schollaert (80)
• Bruin Ruiten (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Molenkamp (30), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Beeghly (85), Preston, MN
• Anna Maria Meeren (88), Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna Sophia Mulder (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Kuijpers (44), Uden
• Adrianus de Jong (0), Maasland
• Cornelius Theodorus Antonius Bastiaensen (77), Rotterdam
• Christina Joanna van Elten (60), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)
• 1880 » Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator († 1959)
• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1885 » Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral († 1957)
• 1887 » A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

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.
• February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
• 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 May 22, 1884 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.