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• Antonius Hurkmans, Schijndel Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Adriana Johanna Vissers, Driel
• Andreas Kellhammer, Grainet (Landkrs. Freyung-Grafenau, Reg.-Bez. Niederbayern, Bayern)
• Antje Bosma, Jorwerd († 1962)
• Alida Leenderts Kleer, Naaldwijk († 1970)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Versteijne, Oisterwijk († 1974)
• Antonius Lebuinus Sanders, Deventer († 1949)
• Albertus RIBBENS, Overboelare
• Albertus Johannes DROST, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bosma, Jorwerd († 1961)

• aart van der stelt (76), almkerk en uitwijk (noord brabant)
• Anna Theodora Hubertina Bemelmans (68), Maastricht
• Allegonda Bleijs, Bladel en Netersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Put (43), De Rijp
• Anna Pompe (66), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pieters Pompe (66), Wassenaar
• Anthonie de Rijke (74), Scherpenisse, Nederland
• Aart van der Stelt (76), Almkerk, Nederland
• Adélaide Ursule ENSERET (67), Chalandry,02270,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE
• Anthonie de Rijke (74), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1872 » Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general († 1922)
• 1872 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1934)
• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)
• 1880 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter († 1938)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

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.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
• 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 6, 1884 was about 11.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.