1884
1884 was a leap year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1881 1882 1883 – 1884 – 1885 1886 1887 |
Births
- May 8 – Harry S. Truman
- October 11 – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1962)
- December 30 – Hideki Tōjō, 40th Prime Minister of Japan, Led the Attack on Pearl Harbour (d. 1948)
Deaths
- January 25 – Johann Gottfried Piefke, German conductor and composer (b. 1815)
- March 21 – Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (b. 1819)
- April 4 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist (b. 1858)
- May 12 – Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (b. 1824)
- May 13 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b. 1809)
- June 25 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer (b. 1858)
- July 1 – Allan Pinkerton, American detective (b. 1819)
- July 10 – Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
- November 25 – Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (b. 1818)