A decade and a half later, the Polish anthropology student, Bronisław Malinowski ( 1884 – 1942 ), was beginning what he expected to be a brief period of fieldwork in the old model, collecting lists of cultural items, when the outbreak of the First World War stranded him in New Guinea.

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

* 1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian actor ( d. 1950 )

* 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

* 1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner ( d. 1932 )

* 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic ( d. 1966 )

* 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer ( d. 1957 )

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

* 1884 – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician, 46th President of Venezuela ( d. 1969 )

* 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress ( d. 1970 )

* 1884 – Sara Teasdale, American poet ( d. 1933 )

* 1824 – John Chisum, American cattle baron ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher ( d. 1967 )

* 1884 – Chandler Egan, American golfer ( d. 1936 )

* 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic ( d. 1949 )

* 1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury ( d. 1937 )

* 1884 – J. C. Squire, British poet, writer, and historian ( d. 1958 )

* 1884 – Peter Fraser, New Zealand politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand ( d. 1950 )

Morris established the Socialist League in December 1884, which was encouraged by Friedrich Engels and Eleanor Marx.

Disagreements with Hyndman over Irish Home Rule and a generalized mistrust of Hyndman's personal motives led to the foundation of the breakaway Socialist League in December 1884, encouraged by Friedrich Engels and Eleanor Marx.

* November 7 – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States ( b. 1884 )

* Eleanor Roosevelt ( 1884 – 1962 ), First Lady of U. S. President Franklin Roosevelt

In 1884, Eleanor joined the Social Democratic Federation ( SDF ) led by Henry Hyndman and was elected to its executive.

Their first child, Eleanor F. was born in January 1884.

::::::* Eleanor Roosevelt ( 1884 – 1962 ), politician, First Lady of the United States, delegate to the United Nations, m. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

In 1884, Aveling became the partner of Eleanor " Tussy " Marx, the daughter of Karl Marx, despite being the estranged husband of Isabel Frank, a status which remained until her death in 1892.

Anna bore Elliott three children: Anna Eleanor ( 1884 – 1962 ), Elliott Jr. ( 1889 – 1893 ), and Gracie Hall ( 1891 – 1941 ).

When Elliott was 23, he met Anna Hall, and they wed quickly, producing a daughter and two sons, Anna Eleanor ( 1884 – 1962 ), Elliott Jr ( 1889 – 1893 ), and Gracie Hall, called Hall ( 1891 – 1941 ).

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in a four-story brownstone at 28 East 20th Street, in the modern-day Gramercy section of New York City, the second of four children of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. ( 1831 – 1878 ) and Martha " Mittie " Bulloch ( 1835 – 1884 ).

In 1880, Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee ( July 29, 1861 – February 14, 1884 ) of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

" Crossing the Rubicon: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and the 1884 Republican National Convention.

In 1884, the Marquis de Mores, a French nobleman and contemporary of Theodore Roosevelt, established a stage line between Medora, North Dakota and Deadwood, South Dakota.

* Alice Roosevelt ( 1861 – 1884 ), first wife of U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt

* Martha Bulloch Roosevelt ( 1834 – 1884 ), mother of U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt stunned his upper class New York City friends by supporting Blaine in 1884 ; by rejecting the Mugwumps he kept alive his Republican party leadership, clearing the way for his own political aspirations.

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth ( February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980 ) was the oldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States.

* Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt ( 1861 – 1884 ), the first wife of U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt

* Alice Roosevelt Longworth ( 1884 – 1980 ), born Alice Lee Roosevelt ; the only child of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt

In 1884 Theodore Roosevelt hired the New York architectural firm Lamb & Rich to design a shingle-style, Queen Anne home for the property.

However, she died in 1884 and Roosevelt remarried in 1887, so he decided to change the name to " Sagamore Hill.

After the death of both his wife and mother on February 14, 1884, Teddy Roosevelt returned to his North Dakota ranch seeking solitude and time to heal.