Editing 1884 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
[[File:United States Naval War College museum.jpg|thumb|200px|right| [[October 6]]: US Naval War College founded.]]
* [[October 6]] &ndash; The United States [[Naval War College]] is established in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; The [[Bangor University|University College of North Wales, Bangor]], is founded in the UK.
* [[October 22]]
** The [[International Meridian Conference]] meeting in Washington, D.C., fixes the [[Greenwich meridian]] as the world's prime meridian (voted on October 13).
** The "[[Nine Graces]]", nine women who are the first to be awarded degrees from the [[Royal University of Ireland]], become the first women in the United Kingdom to be awarded degrees. They include [[Alice Oldham]], [[Isabella Mulvany]] and Charlotte M. Taylor.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Hosay massacre]] in Trinidad: British colonial authorities fire on Indian indentured labourers marking a religious festival, killing at least 9.
* [[November 1]]
** The Irish [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] is founded in Thurles, Ireland.
** [[Leicester City F.C.]] play their first match, as Leicester Fosse Football Club, in England.
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Timișoara]], Romania, is the first town in Europe with streets illuminated by electric light.<ref>{{cite book|first=Kurt W.|last=Treptow|title=A History of Romania|location=Iasi|publisher=Center for Romania Studies|year=1996|isbn=978-0-88033-345-0|page=590}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[1884 United States presidential election]]: [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] governor of New York [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest, to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
* [[November 15]] &ndash; The [[Berlin Conference]], which regulates European [[colonisation of Africa|colonisation]] and trade in Africa, begins (ends February 26, [[1885]]).
* [[December 1]]
** [[American Old West]]: Near [[Frisco, New Mexico]], deputy sheriff [[Elfego Baca]] holds off a gang of 80 Texan [[cowboy]]s, who want to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarthy (the cowboys have been terrorizing the area's [[Hispanic|Hispanos]], and Baca is working against them).
** [[Porfirio Díaz]] returns as [[President of Mexico]], an office he will hold until [[1911]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Porfirio Díaz|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/633/Porfirio%20Diaz|language=es|website=Busca Biografias|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref>
* [[December 4]]
** Reformers in Korea who admire the [[Meiji Restoration]] in Japan stage the [[Gapsin Coup]], with Japan's help. China intervenes to rescue the king and help suppress the rebels.
** [[Tom Dudley]] and Edwin Stephens are convicted of [[murder]] in the survival [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]] case of ''[[R v. Dudley and Stephens]]'' in the English courts.
* [[December 6]]
** The [[Washington Monument]] is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest structure in the world]] at this date.
** The [[Third Reform Act]] widens the adult male electorate in the United Kingdom to around 60%.
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' is first published, in London.
* [[December 16]] &ndash; The [[World Cotton Centennial]] [[world's fair]] opens in [[New Orleans]].
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Anton Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Bruckner)|Symphony No. 7]] is premiered in [[Leipzig]], bringing the composer his first great success.