1884

Year 1884 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day-slower ).

January - March

 * - The is founded in.
 * - attempts to  the body of his infant son, Iesu Grist (Jesus Christ) Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.
 * - Edition one of the  is published.
 * -, begins (ends on , ).

April - June

 * -, ; the 's most destructive.
 * - the first proclamation of by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the . May 1st, called ' or ', is now a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
 * - is consecrated as the flag of the Estonian Students Society.

July - September



 * - takes possession of.
 * - Today's Courier recorded the first tennis tournaments held in the grounds of Shrubland Hall,, England.
 * - The cornerstone for the is laid on  in.
 * - A severe, , (intensity ) occurs off the northeast Atlantic coast. The area affected extends from central to southern , and west as far as.
 * - is founded.

October - December

 * - in  fixes the  as the world's prime meridian.
 * - is established in.
 * -  founded.
 * - The first woman receives a degree from an Irish university. The degree is granted by the.
 * - The Irish is founded in Thurles,.
 * - is the first town of  with streets illuminated by electric light.
 * - :  defeats   in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
 * - The which regulated an  and trade in  begins (ends, ).
 * - British surgeon makes the first successful removal of a.
 * - - Near, deputy sheriff  holds off a gang of 80 Texan s who want to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarthy (the cowboys were terrorizing the area's  and Baca was working against them).
 * - was completed.
 * -  opens in.

Undated

 * becomes British.
 * reformulated by.
 * go on armed patrol in.
 * writes .
 * First ascent made of by geologist.
 * The is introduced in the  and quickly becomes an.
 * is introduced in.

January - June

 * -, American filmmaker and author (d. )
 * -, American vaudeville performer (d. )
 * -, Russian-born singer and comedian (d. )
 * -, American social activist (d. )
 * -, Italian-born race car driver (d. )
 * -, Swiss physicist, balloonist, and inventor (d. )
 * -, German politician and publicist (d. )
 * , German painter and graphic artist (d. )
 * , Russian artist (d. )
 * -, American athlete and inventor (d. )
 * -, missionary (d. )
 * -, American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * - Sir, English novelist (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, Dutch chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Alsatian chemist (d. )
 * -, German pianist (d. )
 * -, Japanese naval commander (d. )
 * -, actor (d. )
 * -, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Canadian World War I sniper (d. )
 * -, 33rd (d. )
 * -, English-born actress (d. )
 * -, German aircraft designer (d. )
 * -, Austrian author (d. )
 * -, Austrian politician (d. )
 * -, Austrian politician (d. )

July - December

 * -, Italian painter and sculptor (d. )
 * -, Thailand's First Prime Minister (d. )
 * -, former head of the and secretary of the  (d. )
 * -, Swiss actor (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Romanian writer (d. )
 * -, American humorist (d. )
 * -, Swedish chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, Turkish soldier, statesman and the second President of Turkey.(d. )
 * -, German weapons designer (d. )
 * - Major, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American social reformer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , American politician and lobbyist (d. )
 * , African American inventor (d.1962)


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Czech geneticist (b. )
 * -, German conductor and composer (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, American Bible scholar (b. )
 * -, Russian artist (b. )
 * -, poet and dramatist (b. )
 * -, ballerina (b. )
 * -, Czech composer (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )

July - December

 * -, American detective (b. )
 * -, American chess player (b. )
 * -, diplomat (b. )
 * -, Filipina poet (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Moravian physician (b. )
 * -, German chemist (b. )
 * -, Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. )


 * See also .