Page 2: Historical Events In 1884

Feb 17   Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)   

Feb 18   In the year 1884 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 on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history leon Jongen, composer   

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

Mar 13   Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) in the year 1884.   

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   US adopts Standard Time in the year 1884.   

Mar 14   In the year 1884 albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist   

Mar 15   Rudolf Piskacek, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1884.   

Mar 17   John Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, Otay CA on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54   

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

Mar 23   In the year 1884 glauco Velasquez, composer   

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   In the year 1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY   

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Jan 02   Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) was born in the year 1884.   

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

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1884 birth of sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas   

Jan 06   Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61 in the year 1884.   

Jan 17   In the year 1884 death of hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804)   

Jan 21   On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75   

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   In the year 1884 john Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71   

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

Mar 01   In the year 1884 death of isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820)