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• Adriana Zikkenheiner, Hellevoetsluis
• Adriaantje van der Linden, Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1911)
• Adriana Verwater, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1960)
• Adrianus HARTMAN, Dubbeldam
• Adriana Cornelia Martina Pieternella Macpherson, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Aartje Giltaij, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus van der Zalm, Kerkdriel (Maasdriel) († 1923)
• Aaltje Bols, Hoogeveen,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Adriaan Schoonen, Steenbergen
• Adrianus Loffeld, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1965)

• Aafke Post (1), Warffum
• Douma (0), Gorredijk
• Aafke Post (1), Warffum
• Aafke Alderts POST (1), Warffum Groningen Netherlands
• Annigje Johannes de BOER (82), Exmorra (Wonseradeel, Friesland, The Netherlands)
• Adriana Francisca Johanna Kleij (0), Breda
• Adrianus Huijbregts, Princenhage, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Adriana Maria Dekkers (59), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigjie de Boer (82), Wonseradeel (Exmorra), Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Liet (0), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
• 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
• 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1893 » Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer († 1973)
• 1896 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor and director († 1933)
• 1898 » Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver († 1955)

• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)

• 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.
• March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
• 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.

The temperature on August 18, 1884 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.