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- William Henry Bancroft (36), Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, United States
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1884
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
- April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
- May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.