WHAT HAPPENED IN 1884.
Look what happened the 1884.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average. (3. July 1884)

Germany takes possession of Cameroon. (5. July 1884)

The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor. (5. August 1884)

The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island. (6. October 1884)

Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude. (13. October 1884)

The American inventor, George Eastman, receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film. (14. October 1884)

The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. (1. November 1884)

The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. (6. December 1884)

Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published. (10. December 1884)