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1884Aug, 31

Robert Torrens

Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
Robert Torrens may refer to:

Robert Torrens (judge) (1775–1856), Irish judge

Robert Torrens (economist) (1780–1864), Irish economist and Royal Marines officer, chair of the South Australian Colonisation Commission, cousin of the above

Robert Torrens (British Army officer) (1780–1840), British Army officer who fought at the Battle of Waterloo

Robert Torrens (Irish politician) (1810–1874), Irish Conservative politician

Sir Robert Richard Torrens (1812–1884), Irish-born colonial administrator and politician in South Australia and the United Kingdom, founded Torrens Title, son of the economist

Roy Torrens (Robert Torrens, 1948–2021), Irish cricketer

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Events on 1884

  • 27Mar

    Cincinnati riots of 1884

    A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • 20Apr

    Humanum genus

    Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
  • 14Oct

    Photographic film

    American inventor George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
  • 22Oct

    Prime meridian (Greenwich)

    The Royal Observatory in Britain is adopted as the prime meridian of longitude by the International Meridian Conference.
  • 10Dec

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.