WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1884
Find out what all happened January to June 1884

Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom. (18. January 1884)

Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States. (1. May 1884)

The Fabian Society is founded in London, England, United Kingdom. (4. January 1884)

More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. (19. February 1884)

The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. (1. February 1884)

Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo becomes the king of the Zulu Nation. (20. May 1884)

Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus. (20. April 1884)

The Siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins, ending on January 26, 1885. (13. March 1884)

The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria (31. May 1884)

A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse. (27. March 1884)

Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States. (1. May 1884)