Page 3: Historical Events In 1884

Mar 30   Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1884.   

Mar 31   Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 in the year 1884.   

Apr 01   In the year 1884 laurette Taylor, [Helen LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway)   

Apr 02   On this day in history london prison for debtors closed   

Apr 03   Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59 in the year 1884.   

Apr 03   Jackie Matthews, cricketer (Aust leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912) on this day in history.   

Apr 04   On this day in history isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet   

Apr 05   John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68 in the year 1884.   

Apr 06   In the year 1884 walter Huston, Tor, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)   

Apr 07   On this day in history charles Dodd, English new testament authority   

Apr 07   In the year 1884 maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80   

Apr 08   In the year 1884 the birth of Harry S.Truman, Former American President   

Apr 09   In the year 1884 franco Vittadini, composer   

Apr 10   In the year 1884 uS Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo   

Apr 12   On this day in history otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922)   

Apr 18   Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart) on this day in history.   

Apr 20   Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" in the year 1884.   

Apr 21   Potters Field reopened as Madison Park on this day in history.   

Apr 22   Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer in the year 1884.   

Apr 22   Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos) on this day in history.   

Apr 22   Thomas Stevens starts first bike trip around the world (2 yrs 9 mos) on this day in history.   

Apr 24   National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) on this day in history.   

Apr 26   Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers) on this day in history.   

Apr 26   J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria in the year 1884.   

Apr 27   On this day in history louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], actor (Bluejackets)   

Apr 30   Albert Israel Elkus, composer in the year 1884.   

May 01   Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) in the year 1884.   

May 01   In the year 1884 construction begins on Chicago's first skyscraper (10 stories)   

May 01   Felipe Boero, composer in the year 1884.   

May 02   In the year 1884 francois de Vries, Dutch economist   

May 05   Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35) on this day in history.   

May 07   In the year 1884 judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72   

May 08   In the year 1884 harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)   

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Jan 02   Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1884 birth of eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road)   

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

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

Jan 12   Louis Horst, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history death of hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804)   

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   In the year 1884 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 in the year 1884.   

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