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• Aagje Zwaan, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• A. Smits, Soerendonk, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana Witteveen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Adrianus Dekker, Brielle
• Aaltje Budding, Kesteren, Nederland († 1968)
• Adriana Witteveen, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Allston Dana, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America († 1952)
• Aletta Carolina Meiring, Calitzdorp, South Africa
• Aant Aukes de Jong, Hardegarijp
• Aaltje van den Brink, Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands

• Albert Katgert (11), Zwollerkerspel (Harculo)
• Anje Bakker (41), Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Alida Vermeulen (1), Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Keunings (47), Rotterdam
• Adriana Jacoba Kampsteeg (27), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna Hulst (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anna Francisca Van Aken (71), Antwerpen, 2000, België
• Wessels (0), Warnsveld, gemeente Zutphen
• Anthonia van Kuilenburg (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Keur (2), Zandvoort

• 1876 » Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer († 1964)
• 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
• 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)
• 1885 » George Scott, English footballer († 1916)
• 1891 » Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter († 1974)
• 1895 » Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player († 1967)
• 1895 » Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist († 1980)
• 1895 » Roscoe Turner, American pilot († 1970)
• 1897 » Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian († 1980)

• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).

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.
• February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
• May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
• August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
• 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 September 29, 1884 was about 15.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.