What Happened In July 1884 In History

Historical Events for July, 1884

• 3rd » Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
• 5th » German Empire named Germany takes possession of Kamerun named Cameroon.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1884

• 2nd » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist (d. 1931)
• 6th » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
• 7th » Lion Feuchtwanger, German author and playwright (d. 1958)
• 12th » Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American film producer (d. 1957)
• 12th » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
• 13th » Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler (d. 1951)
• 16th » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author (d. 1964)
• 18th » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (d. 1979)
• 21st » Louis Abell, American rower (d. 1962)
• 22nd » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (d. 1967)
• 23rd » Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor and producer (d. 1950)
• 29th » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician (d. 1975)
• 31st » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945)

Famous Deaths for July 1884

• 1st » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
• 5th » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 10th » Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
• 18th » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 31st » Kien Phuc, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1869)

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