Historical Events In 1884

Feb 17   In the year 1884 arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)   

Feb 18   Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) on this day in history.   

Feb 18   General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" in the year 1884.   

Feb 19   Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people on this day in history.   

Feb 21   John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1884 frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade)   

Feb 23   In the year 1884 tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23   

Feb 26   British & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II on this day in history.   

Feb 26   Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer in the year 1884.   

Feb 29   Alfred Sendrey, composer in the year 1884.   

Mar 02   In the year 1884 leon Jongen, composer   

Mar 08   In the year 1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite   

Mar 10   On this day in history stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

Mar 11   Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet) in the year 1884.   

Mar 12   On this day in history mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women   

Mar 12   On this day in history mississippi establishes first US state college for women   

Mar 13   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1884 siege of Khartoum Sudan begins   

Mar 13   The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on this day in history.   

Mar 13   On this day in history uS adopts Standard Time   

Mar 14   On this day in history albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist   

Mar 15   Rudolf Piskacek, composer in the year 1884.   

Mar 16   Harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear) in the year 1884.   

Mar 17   John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif on this day in history.   

Mar 17   On this day in history john Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, Otay CA   

Mar 19   Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Mar 21   George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Glauco Velasquez, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Gino Marinuzzi, composer in the year 1884.   

Mar 26   On this day in history wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)   

Mar 27   1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY in the year 1884.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame)   

Jan 03   Eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road) was born in the year 1884.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of james Philip Dunn, composer   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of louis Horst, composer   

Jan 12   Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan) was born in the year 1884.   

Jan 13   Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61   

Jan 17   Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804) died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1884 auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75   

Jan 24   Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76 in the year 1884.   

Feb 21   John Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23   

Mar 01   Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820) died on this day in history.