Page 2: Historical Events In 1884

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

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   Tornadoes in Miss, Ala, NC, SC, Tenn, Ky & In kill 800 people in the year 1884.   

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

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

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

Feb 26   British & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II in the year 1884.   

Feb 26   In the year 1884 christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer   

Feb 29   On this day in history alfred Sendrey, composer   

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

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

Mar 10   Stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 12   Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1884 mississippi establishes first US state college for women   

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

Mar 13   Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins in the year 1884.   

Mar 13   In the year 1884 the birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist   

Mar 13   US adopts Standard Time on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Gino Marinuzzi, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer was born in the year 1884.   

Jan 10   In the year 1884 birth of james Philip Dunn, composer   

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   Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas was born in the year 1884.   

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   Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1884.   

Feb 08   On this day in history arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76   

Feb 21   On this day in history john Pike Hullah, composer, dies at 71   

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

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