1884 Calendar
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1884 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1884
– Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
February 1, 1884
– The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
March 27, 1884
– A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse.
April 20, 1884
– Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
May 20, 1884
– Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo becomes the king of the Zulu Nation.
May 31, 1884
– Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria
July 3, 1884
– Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
August 5, 1884
– The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 6, 1884
– The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
November 1, 1884
– The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes’s Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
Who Were Born On 1884?
February 12, 1884
– Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)
February 14, 1884
– Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (d. 1974)
March 6, 1884
– Molla Mallory, Norwegian-born American tennis player (d. 1959)
March 24, 1884
– Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966)
April 4, 1884
– Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (d. 1971)
June 10, 1884
– Leone Sextus Tollemache, British Army captain (d. 1917)
August 16, 1884
– Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (d. 1967)
October 14, 1884
– Jimmy Conlin, American actor d. 1962
October 16, 1884
– Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (d. 1916)
December 11, 1884
– Piet Ooms, Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1961)