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2 September – Henry B. Anthony, U.S. senator from Rhode Island from 1859 to 1884 (born 1815) 26 September – John W. Garrett, banker, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and philanthropist (born 1820) 6 November – William Wells Brown, African American writer (born 1814) 9 December – Mary Bell Smith, educator, social reformer ...
The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1887 The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1888 Prices and Wages by Decade, 1880–1889 – Guide published by the University of Missouri Library points to pages in digital libraries (freely available online) that show average ...
1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1884th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 884th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of ...
For this reason, 1884 is a significant election in U.S. political history, marking an interruption in the era when Republicans largely controlled the presidency between Reconstruction and the Great Depression. Cleveland won the presidential nomination on the second ballot of the 1884 Democratic National Convention.
Harry Benjamin, American endocrinologist, sexologist (d. 1986) Claude Fuess, American author, historian and headmaster (d. 1963) January 14 – Constantin Sănătescu, 44th prime minister of Romania (d. 1947) January 16 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967) January 17 – Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, German general and war criminal (d. 1968)
The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world.Founded in 1884, AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional standards, and support scholarship and innovative teaching.
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The 1884 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Chicago, on June 3–6, 1884. [1] It resulted in the nomination of former House Speaker James G. Blaine from Maine for president and Senator John A. Logan of Illinois for vice president .