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• Adriana Christina Barnat, Oude Tonge († 1886)
• "Marie Caroline" Louise Pauline Bontoux, Paris († 1970)
• Alvaretta Lewis, Richmond, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 1911)
• Adriana Anna Wervelsman, Zoeterwoude († 1946)
• Aart Teunis Burger, Wadenoijen († 1884)
• Alphonsius De Geyseleer, Teralfene
• Adriana Christina BARNAT Jdr, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1886)
• Aaltje Hartman, Vlaardingen
• Adrianus van Tilburg, Halsteren
• Alphonse Reynders, Paal, België

• Ardien de Laat (58), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia van der Asdonck (68), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Schekkerman (0), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Wit (69), Oud-en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vanderwaeren (6), Kessel-lo
• Alberdina (Albardina) Derks Wieten (72), Hellendoorn (Haarle)
• Aartjen Gerritsen van Ouwendorp (65), Uddel
• Andries Jacobus Alders (15), Nijmegen
• Ardien de Laat (58), Nistelrode
• Aagje Schekkerman (0), Hem, Venhuizen

• 1875 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)
• 1880 » Fred Alexander, American tennis player († 1969)
• 1881 » Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1883 » Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic († 1941)
• 1886 » Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic († 1950)
• 1887 » Marija Leiko, Latvian actress († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia († 1976)
• 1890 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman († 1946)
• 1892 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic († 1988)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

• 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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
• 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.

The temperature on August 14, 1884 was about 19.1 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.