Page 2: Historical Events In 1884

Feb 17   Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) in the year 1884.   

Feb 18   Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) in the year 1884.   

Feb 18   On this day in history general Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum   

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

Feb 19   On this day in history tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people   

Feb 19   Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky &Indiana kill 800 people in the year 1884.   

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

Feb 22   On this day in history abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer   

Feb 23   Frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade) in the year 1884.   

Feb 23   Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 in the year 1884.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 29   Alfred Sendrey, composer in the year 1884.   

Mar 02   Leon Jongen, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 08   1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite on this day in history.   

Mar 10   In the year 1884 stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

Mar 11   In the year 1884 jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet)   

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

Mar 12   Mississippi establishes first US state college for women on this day in history.   

Mar 13   On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)   

Mar 13   On this day in history siege of Khartoum Sudan begins   

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

Mar 13   US adopts Standard Time in the year 1884.   

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

Mar 15   In the year 1884 rudolf Piskacek, composer   

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

Mar 17   In the year 1884 john Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif   

Mar 17   In the year 1884 john Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, Otay CA   

Mar 19   Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1884.   

Mar 21   In the year 1884 george D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure)   

Mar 23   Glauco Velasquez, composer in the year 1884.   

Mar 24   On this day in history gino Marinuzzi, composer   

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

Mar 27   On this day in history 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)   

Jan 03   Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   James Philip Dunn, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan)   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1884 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   Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1884 johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75   

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 in the year 1884.   

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

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