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• Anna Maria Cornelia DELLAFAILLE, Wijnegem,2110,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Andries Johannes Prins, Amsterdam († 1911)
• Alida Maria Seure, Stichtse Vecht, Loenersloot, UTR, Nederland († 1884)
• Annechien Kok, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Adrianus Kranendonk, Ridderkerk
• Adrianus Kranendonk, Ridderkerk († 1967)
• Antje Faber, Sexbierum
• Abraham Barnes Whorton, Howland, Putnam County, MO († 1975)
• Akke Kornelisdr. Zwanenburg, Nes, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• * Elias Munts, Rotterdam

• Ann Elizabeth Fenwick (0), Ballina, NSW, Australia
• Alida Agatha Geers (0), Boskoop, Zuid Holland, NL
• Adriaan Pasman (0), Ridderkerk
• Adrienne Corneille de Roover (69), Baarle Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Célestin CHATELAIN (2), Rambervillers
• Abby Lefferts Lott (73), Flatbush, Long Island, New York
• Anne Marie Melser (82), Zoeterwoude
• Bernadina Julie Louise Dibbets (67)
• Berendjen Hartemink (79), Zelhem
• Bernardine Julie Louise Dibbets (67), Bad Kreuth (Beieren)

• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)
• 1891 » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic († 1966)
• 1892 » William Powell, American actor and singer († 1984)

• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)

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.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on July 29, 1884 was about 13.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.