Important Historical Events of the year 1884, Year 1884 in History
List of 1884 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1884
What happened in the year 1884?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 4, 1884 | The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom. |
| February 1, 1884 | The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. |
| February 19, 1884 | More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. |
| March 13, 1884 | The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885. |
| March 27, 1884 | A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 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, 1884 | Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry. |
| May 31, 1884 | The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria. |
| June 16, 1884 | The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park. |
| July 3, 1884 | Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average. |
| July 5, 1884 | Germany takes possession of Cameroon. |
| August 5, 1884 | The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor. |
| September 23, 1884 | On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush. |
| October 6, 1884 | The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island. |
| October 14, 1884 | George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film. |
| October 22, 1884 | The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian. |
| December 6, 1884 | The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. |