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German Chancellor Bismarck leads the partitioning of Africa like a cake (contemporary cartoon)
year 1884

April–June

• April 20 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, denouncing Freemasonry and certain liberal beliefs which he considers to be associated with it.
• April 22
  • A German protectorate is established over South-West Africa.
• May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
• May 16 - Sweden's Finance Minister Robert Themptander becomes his country's Prime Minister (1884–88).
• June 28 – The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights is founded.

July–September

• July 1 – First International Forestry Exhibition opens in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• July 3 – The Dow Jones Transportation Average, consisting of eleven transportation-related companies (nine railroads and two non-rail companies, Western Union and Pacific Mail), is created. The index is the oldest stock index still in use.
• July 5 – Germany takes possession of Togoland.
• July 7 – Nagasaki Shipyard, as predecessor of an aircraft and shipbuilding manufacturing brand in Japan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was founded in Kyushu Island.
• July 14 – German administration is established in Cameroon.
• August 22 – The Sino-French War (for control of Tonkin) breaks out (continues to April 1885).
• August 23 – Sino-French War – Battle of Fuzhou: French Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron virtually destroys China's Fujian Fleet.
• September 15 – The invention of local anesthesia by Karl Koller is made public, at a medical congress in Heidelberg, Germany.

October–December

• October 22 - The International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. fixes the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian.
• November 2 – Timișoara, Romania is the first town in Europe with streets illuminated by electric light.
• November 4 – 1884 United States presidential election: Democratic Governor of New York Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest, to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
• November 15 – The Berlin Conference, which regulates European colonisation and trade in Africa, begins (ends February 26, 1885).
• December 1 - Porfirio Díaz (1830-1915) returns as President of Mexico, an office he will hold until 1911.
• December 4 – Reformers in Korea who admire the Meiji Restoration in Japan stage the Gapsin Coup, with Japan's help. China intervenes to rescue the king, and help suppress the rebels.
• December 10 - The Third Reform Act widens the adult male electorate in the United Kingdom to around 60%.
• December 16 – The World Cotton Centennial world's fair opens in New Orleans.

Date unknown

• The first Christian missionary arrives in Korea.
• Police training schools are established in every prefecture in Japan.
• Parliamentarism is introduced in Norway.
• The water hyacinth is introduced in the United States, and quickly becomes an invasive species.
• An economic depression hits the United States.
• The Fredrika Bremer Association is founded in Sweden.
• Thomas Parker built a practical production electric car in Wolverhampton using his own specially designed high-capacity rechargeable batteries.

 

Events

Event	Start	End	Description
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915
Victorian era	1840	1901
Berlin Conference	15 November 1884	26 February 1885	1880s conference to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Temple University		Public (formerly private)State-relatedMulti-campusInternational	Large Philadelphia university
Fabian Society			According to itself, it aims to promote greater equality of power, wealth and opportunity, the value of collective action and public service, an accountable, tolerant and active democracy, citizenship, liberty and human rights, sustainable development, multilateral international cooperation
Alibi Club			a 50-member private, traditional club in Washington, D.C. ts members comprise of the Washington elite, including presidents, senators, among other prominent figures.
American Historical Association
Ferris State University		Public	Michigan university
Wolf's Head			Secret society at Yale University.
Bangor University			Welsh University with economic problems
Norway/Conservative Party			Political party in Norway
Svenska Dagbladet			Swedish corporate newspaper. Heavy Bilderberg habit.

 

A Death

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Summary	Description
William Hunt	12 June 1823	27 February 1884	Saint Petersburg Russia	Lawyer Soldier	Southern union-supporter who became United States Secretary of the Navy, Minister to the Russian Empire and a Judge of the Court of Claims.

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Arthur Ransome	18 January 1884	Leeds UK	3 June 1967	Author Spook Journalist
Rickard Sandler	29 January 1884	Torsåker Västernorrland County	12 November 1964	Politician	Prime Minister of Sweden in the 1920s. Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs in the 1930s, then leader of the parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs until his death in 1964. Attended the 4th Bilderberg
John Moore-Brabazon	8 February 1884		17 May 1964	Politician Deep state operative
Clement Davies	19 February 1884	Wales Llanfyllin Powys	23 March 1962	Politician	Attended the first Bilderberg as Leader of the UK Liberal Party
Rachel Crowdy	3 March 1884	Paddington	10 October 1964	Activist	English nurse and social reformer, with some military connections.
Walter Layton	15 March 1884		14 February 1966	Politician Editor Deep state operative	The Economist/Editor 1922-38, The Economist/Chair 1944-63
Arthur Vandenberg	22 March 1884	US Michigan Grand Rapids	18 April 1951	Politician	US politician who went from "isolationist" to internationalist thanks to British spook honeytraps.
Harry S. Truman	8 May 1884	US Missouri Lamar	26 December 1972	Politician Farmer	US President 1945-1953. Signed off on the creation of the CIA, later unsuccessfully called for its reform.
Alexander Wiley	26 May 1884	US Wisconsin Chippewa Falls	26 October 1967	Politician	US Senator and Cold War hardliner who attended a Bilderberg in 1957
Edvard Beneš	28 May 1884	Austria-Hungary Bohemia	3 September 1948	Politician
Axel Rappe	22 June 1884	Sweden Stockholm	31 October 1945	Soldier	Swedish Army officer who planned a pro-German military coup during World War 2.
Charles De Visscher	2 August 1884	Belgium Ghent	2 January 1973	Judge Deep state operative	Egmont Institute/President 1947-1958
İsmet İnönü	24 September 1884	Turkey İzmir Aidin Vilayet	25 December 1973	Soldier Politician	Turkish PM intermittently from 1923 to 1965
Eleanor Roosevelt	11 October 1884	New York US	7 November 1962	Diplomat Activist Politician
Guy Bartholomew	17 October 1884		4 May 1962
Eivind Berggrav	25 October 1884	Norway Stavanger	14 January 1959	Priest	Norwegian Lutheran bishop who cooperated closely with the military intelligence service
Camille Gutt	14 November 1884	Belgium Brussels	7 June 1971	Central banker	First Managing Director of the IMF
Alexander Cadogan	25 November 1884	London Chelsea UK	9 July 1968	Diplomat	Permanent secretary to Anthony Eden
Elmer Bobst	16 December 1884		2 August 1978	VIPaedophile Deep state actor Businessperson	American businessman and deep state actor who worked in the pharmaceutical industry. VIPaedophile.

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