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March 27–29 – Cincinnati riots of 1884. April 21 – Hammond, Indiana, is incorporated a city. May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. May 1, called May Day or Labour Day, is now a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1884th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 884th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of ...
Chester A. Arthur, the incumbent president in 1884, whose term expired on March 4, 1885. The 1884 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, on June 3–6, with former Secretary of State James G. Blaine from Maine, President Arthur, and Senator George F. Edmunds from Vermont as the frontrunners. Though he was still popular ...
The 1884 State of the Union address was delivered by Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, on December 1, 1884. This address was Arthur's fourth ...
The Panic of 1884 was an economic panic during the Depression of 1882–1885. [1] It was unusual in that it struck at the end rather than the beginning of the recession. The panic created a credit shortage that led to a significant economic decline in the United States, turning a recession into a depression.
23 June – Married Women's Property Act 1884, relates solely to the giving of evidence in criminal matters by husband and wife. [9] 1 July – First International Forestry Exhibition opens in Edinburgh. [10] 8 July – the NSPCC is founded as the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. [1] [11]
On election day, 4 November 1884, Democratic nominee Michael Knowles McGrath won re-election as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of secretary of state. McGrath was sworn in for his fourth term on 12 January 1885.
The 1884 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 4, 1884, with four states holding theirs early between June and October. They coincided with the election of President Grover Cleveland .