About the day » Friday May 30, 1884Calender converter

• Adolf Sportel, Euvelgunne, Noorddijk, Groningen, Netherlands († 1969)
• Aleida Boschman, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Anthonie Wijnen, Soest
• Abraham van de Worp, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1885)
• Adolf Sportel, Euvelgunne, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• SIMENON, Lige,Lige,Belgi († 1884)
• Aleida Boschman, Ubbergen, Nederland
• Alwine EGAN, Ligneuville († 1966)
• Adrianus Heesterbeek, Woensel en Eckart
• Antonia Arnolda Pelgrim, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland

• Adrianus Lambertus Veen (2), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Gerardus Bouwmeester (1), Utrecht, UTR, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambertus Veen (2), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Middelburg (0), Monster
• Andries Fase (35), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke Schroor (13), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Andries Fase (35), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje van der Star (15), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Dijk (20), Rotterdam
• Aart van Triest (76), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1879 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier († 1917)
• 1881 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal († 1968)
• 1882 » Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player († 1930)
• 1884 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician († 1942)
• 1885 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist († 1942)
• 1886 » Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1964)
• 1886 » Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author († 1918)
• 1887 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator († 1964)
• 1887 » Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1964)

• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)

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 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on May 30, 1884 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 40%.