What Happened In October 1884 In History

Historical Events for October, 1884

• 6th » The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 13th » Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
• 14th » The American inventor, George Eastman, receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1884

• 4th » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian author (d. 1941)
• 4th » Subramaniya Siva, Indian author and activist (d. 1925)
• 7th » Harold Geiger, American pilot (d. 1927)
• 8th » Walther von Reichenau, German general (d. 1942)
• 10th » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)
• 11th » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
• 11th » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
• 11th » Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
• 14th » Jimmy Conlin, American actor and singer (d. 1962)
• 15th » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (d. 1910)
• 16th » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (d. 1916)
• 18th » Hugo Goetz, American swimmer (d. 1972)
• 19th » Eugen Habermann, Estonian architect (d. 1944)
• 21st » Claire Waldoff, German singer (d. 1957)
• 24th » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
• 26th » William Hogenson, American sprinter (d. 1965)
• 28th » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (d. 1967)

Famous Deaths for October 1884

• 31st » Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)

• « Year 1883
• Year 1885 »