1884 - What happened in 1884 ?

January 1884

Friday 04:

The Fabian Society is founded in London

Friday 18:

Dr William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.

February 1884

Friday 01:

Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

March 1884

Saturday 08:

Susan B. Anthony testified before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote.

Thursday 13:

The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on January 26, 1885).

April 1884

Sunday 20:

Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical, Humanum Genus.

May 1884

Thursday 01:

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States

Saturday 31:

John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes.

June 1884

Monday 16:

The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York

July 1884

Thursday 03:

Dow Jones published its 1st stock average.

Saturday 05:

Germany takes possession of Cameroon.

August 1884

Tuesday 05:

The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

Thursday 28:

First known photograph of a tornado is made.

September 1884

Tuesday 23:

Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.

October 1884

Monday 06:

The Naval War College of the United States Navy was founded in Newport, Rhode Island.

November 1884

Tuesday 04:

U.S. presidential election, 1884: Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.

December 1884

Monday 01:

Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.

Saturday 06:

Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.