Page 2: Historical Events In 1884

Feb 17   On this day in history 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   General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum in the year 1884.   

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

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

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

Feb 23   On this day in history frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade)   

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   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   Leon Jongen, composer in the year 1884.   

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

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 in the year 1884.   

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   Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on this day in history.   

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   Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist on this day in history.   

Mar 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif   

Mar 17   John Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, Otay CA in the year 1884.   

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

Mar 21   George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure) in the year 1884.   

Mar 23   On this day in history glauco Velasquez, composer   

Mar 24   On this day in history gino Marinuzzi, composer   

Mar 26   In the year 1884 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   In the year 1884 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 in the year 1884.   

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 in the year 1884.   

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

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 in the year 1884.   

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

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

Mar 01   Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b. 1820) died in the year 1884.