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• Anna Catharina Hest, van, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Weijers, Bathmen († 1978)
• Albert Henry Neal († 1933)
• Alphonse Paul Tam, Den Haag († 1884)
• Aaltje Bisschop, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Bertha Heddendorp, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Catharina van Hest, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna C Kroonen, Halsteren,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1956)
• Angenita Johanna Eduardine Cecilia Swensen, Batavia, West-Java († 1906)
• Aaltje Hilbrands, Exloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)

• Albertine Hubrechsen (0), Oostende
• Aagje Cornelisse Berkeraak (Berkelaar) (79), Delft
• Ann Eliza Clinkscales (38), Stafford County, Kansas, United States of America
• Angelina Maria Thijssen (22), Venlo
• Cornelia gijsberta Ligterink (0), Vleuten, Nederland
• Magdalena Meulenberg (70), Kortgene
• Anna Souder HUNSBERGER (33)
• Adriana van Dijk (81), Jutphaas (Nieuwegein)
• Arie de Kruijf (0), Zeist
• Antoinette VANDERHEEREN (31), Lille Anvers,2275,Anvers,Flandre,BEMGIQUE

• 1874 » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic († 1948)
• 1876 » Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist († 1958)
• 1877 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter († 1917)
• 1880 » Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist († 1962)
• 1880 » Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator († 1970)
• 1882 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1962)
• 1887 » Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer († 1972)
• 1889 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet († 1973)
• 1890 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director († 1956)
• 1890 » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor († 1977)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

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.
• January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
• May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
• July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
• 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 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

The temperature on August 5, 1884 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.