1884

	XVIII century - XIX century - XX century
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	- - - - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888

Events

• - : published the first issue of the work that later on came called Oxford English Dictionary. The publication, written up under the direction of the dottor James Murray, it counts 352 pages and it encloses all the words known they give A to Ant ("ant").
• 1 November - the Internazione conference on the meridians that is carried out to Washington DC it adopts the system of i jet lag
• Paul Nipkov it patents a mechanical system of scansion for television, using a pierced disc.

Been born

• - Max Beckmann, German painter ( 1950)
• 8 March - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States († 1972)
• - , pianista German
• - Lyda Borelli, Italian attrice
• 5 May - And. To. Mario, Italian composer
• - , sociologist, statistical Italian
• - Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter ( 1920)
• 1 December - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter ( 1976)

Died

• - Paul Abadie, French architect