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• Albert Pieters, Westerbork, Nederland († 1957)
• Adriana Mes, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Magdalena Westdijk, Vlaardingen
• Albert Joseph Meersschaut, Landskouter († 1966)
• Albertje Lip, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands († 1885)
• Adrianus Cornelis Aerts, Ginneken en Bavel († 1926)
• Jan Oosterom, Kockengen
• Abraham Lesterhuis, Groningen
• Aaltje Wunnink, Avereest († 1956)
• Anna Duin, Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1884)

• Christina Van Pinxteren, Rosmalen
• Abraham Coenraad van Kolm (60), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Kornelis Schimmel (71), Wildervank (Veendam)
• Betje de Rijk (60), Laren N.H
• Barend Evers (64), Zutphen (Gl)
• Aloijsius Barthelomeus Boeijkens (0), Hontenisse
• Arnoldus Bernardus van der Waerden (3), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Verhoeven (12), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Casimirus Gijbels (47), Geel, 2440, België
• Anne Elisabeth Hermans (73), Lichtaart, België

• 1872 » Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic († 1912)
• 1873 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader († 1966)
• 1874 » Gustav Holst, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1878 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager († 1951)
• 1882 » Geevarghese Ivanios, Indian metropolitan († 1953)
• 1884 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician and theorist († 1944)
• 1890 » Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1965)
• 1890 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot († 1916)
• 1894 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer and businessman († 1952)
• 1898 » Frances Mary Albrier, American civil rights activist († 1987)

• 1832 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (b. 1771)
• 1860 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (b. 1788)
• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
• 1880 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)

• 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 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.
• April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
• 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.
• December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

The temperature on September 21, 1884 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.