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• Anna Catharina Lataster, Kerkrade (L († 1934)
• Albert Frederiks Oosterwoud, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1968)
• Anna Henrica van Bladel, Tilburg (ok) († 1966)
• Moerkerk, Rotterdam († 1884)
• Aaltje Adriana van Kekem, Ameide (Vijfheerenlanden), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriana de Vries, Besoijen († 1884)
• Aaltje de Beer, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Johanna Mulder, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1941)
• Amelie Berthe FAURE, Fay le Froid,43430,Haute Loire,Auvergne,FRANCE
• Alberta Johanna Dorresteijn, Werkhoven,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1959)

• Bote Koops (78), Foxwolde
• Cornelia van Kleij (19), Meerkerk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Randewijk (20), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Modderman (49), Utrecht (diaconesse Ziekenhuis)
• Cornelia Josina Veenendaal (1), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Attelie Lambertine JAMOTTE (38), Crisnée (Thys),4367,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Anna Haitses Atsma (48), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Angelina Janssen (1), Bocholtz,Limburg,Niederlande
• Bastiaan Goes (66), Vianen
• Coleta Van Den Dorpe (74), Meire

• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)
• 1878 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua († 1923)
• 1879 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist († 1985)
• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Frederick Lorz, American runner († 1914)
• 1884 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author († 1969)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)
• 1892 » Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter († 1944)
• 1894 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher and academic († 1976)

• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)

• 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.
• March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
• 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 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

The temperature on June 5, 1884 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.