Timeline August 1884

Events in August 1884 4

• 1884 US Championships 1884 Men: Richard Sears
• 1884 – 1970 Billie Burke (1884-1970) American actress, wife of Florenz Ziegfeld and Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz.
• 1884 Billie Burke born in Washington, D.C. Billie Burke is born in Washington, D.C..
• 1884 Sino-French War begins France and China clash over control of Tonkin Fighting escalated between France and Qing China over control of Tonkin in northern Vietnam, following the French destruction of the Chinese fleet at Fuzhou. The undeclared war grew out of French efforts to expand colonial control from Cochinchina into the rest of Vietnam. It continued until a peace treaty in 1885 confirmed French dominance over Vietnam.