Important Historical Events of the year 1884, Year 1884 in History

List of 1884 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1884

What happened in the year 1884?

Date	Event
January 4, 1884	The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
February 1, 1884	The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
February 19, 1884	More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
March 13, 1884	The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
March 27, 1884	A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
April 20, 1884	Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry.
May 31, 1884	The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
June 16, 1884	The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
July 3, 1884	Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
July 5, 1884	Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
August 5, 1884	The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
September 23, 1884	On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.
October 6, 1884	The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
October 14, 1884	George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
October 22, 1884	The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
December 6, 1884	The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.