About the day » Friday August 15, 1884Calender converter

• Eggink, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland
• * Willemina Bogaard, Lexmond († 1929)
• Alfred Loman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Aalbert Koers, Wilsum, Nederland
• Abraham van Hessen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
• van Ankeren, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Aantje De Kuiper, Gorinchem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Postma, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1884)
• Alberdina Supheert, Coevorden,Drenthe,Niederlande,Steenwijksmoer († 1938)
• Adrianus Maria Burgers, Tilburg († 1959)

• Postma (0), Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Spanjaard (0), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Massen (1), Doetinchem
• Anthonie Bloemendaal (0), Zuilen
• Anna Maria Schils (0), Amstenrade
• Aaltje Schut (3), Barneveld
• Age Martens Visser (3), Teroele
• Auke Robijns Kuipers (80)
• Anna Maria Klittenberg (71), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Akke~Atses Jongbloed (82), Wymbritseradiel

• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)
• 1882 » Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian († 1972)
• 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)
• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)
• 1885 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1968)
• 1886 » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer († 1974)
• 1890 » Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator († 1962)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• 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 August 15, 1884 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.