Timeline July 1884

Events in July 1884 8

• 1819 – 1884 Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) Died 1 July 1884, aged 64 Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American detective who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, one of the first and most famous private security and investigative firms. He gained early fame for foiling an alleged plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln. He died in Chicago.
• 1837 – 1884 Paul Morphy American chess prodigy Paul Morphy dominated international chess in the 1850s and became famous for brilliant attacking combinations and rapid development of pieces. He is widely regarded as the first great American chess master.
• 1884 Germany establishes protectorates in West Africa Togoland and Cameroon claimed as German colonies German explorer Gustav Nachtigal secured treaties establishing German protectorates over Togoland and Cameroon in July 1884, shortly after Germany had also claimed South West Africa. The moves marked Germany's entry into overseas colonial competition alongside Britain and France. The territories remained under German rule until the First World War.
• 1884 Wimbledon 1884 Men: William Renshaw · Women: Maud Watson First women's singles at Wimbledon, won by Maud Watson. William Renshaw won the men's title for the fourth consecutive year.
• 1884 Statue of Liberty completed in Paris Finished sculpture presented to the American ambassador Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty was completed in Paris and formally presented to the United States ambassador in a ceremony on 4 July 1884. The statue was subsequently dismantled into more than 300 pieces and shipped to New York, where it would be reassembled and dedicated in 1886. It was a gift from the people of France marking Franco-American friendship.
• 1884 – 1920 Amedeo Modigliani Modernism · Italy Amedeo Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Italian Modernist painter and sculptor known for his elongated, mask-like portraits and nudes. He died of tubercular meningitis at 35, his work largely unrecognised in his lifetime.
• 1884 – 1950 Emil Jannings (1884-1950) Swiss-born German actor, winner of the first Academy Award for Best Actor, whose later career was tied to Nazi film.
• 1884 Emil Jannings born in Rorschach Emil Jannings is born in Rorschach.