What Happened In December 1884 - Historical Events 1884 December

Historical Events for December, 1884

1st » Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
2nd » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1953)
3rd » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (d. 1963)
3rd » Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician, 50th List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation known as President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1965)
6th » Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
11th » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1961)
13th » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor (d. 1951)
14th » Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950)
16th » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
18th » Emil Starkenstein, Czech-Jewish co-founder of clinical pharmacology, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (d. 1942)
25th » Samuel Berger (boxer) e.g Samuel Berger, American boxer (d. 1925)
25th » Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
30th » Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
31st » Bobby Byrne (baseball) e.g Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (d. 1964)

1st » William Swainson (lawyer) called William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General (New Zealand) or Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
23rd » John Chisum, American businessman (b. 1824)