1884 deaths

Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

Czech composer (1824–1884)

Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802-1884)

US chess player (1837–1884)

Italian ballet dancer (1804-1884)

Austrian ballerina (1810-1884)

German historian (1808–1884)

Ukrainian-French artist

French chemist (1800–1884)

German naturalist (1829-1884)

French chemist (1817–1884)

German chemist (1818–1884)

German archaeologist, egyptologist and librarian (1810-1884)

German poet and playwright (1815–1884)

German naturalist and explorer (1794-1884)

Member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

German ornithologist and herpetologist (1804-1884)

British botanist (1800-1884)

Austrian zoologist (1802-1884)

American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)

Austrian, Hungarian and Bohemian Consort (1803-1884)

French painter (1848–1884)

French historian and journalist (1796-1884)

American politician and lawyer (1811-1884)

Cetshwayo kaMpande (; ; 1826 – 8 February 1884) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1873 to 1884 and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. His name has been rendered as Cetywayo or Cetshwayo. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in 1884.

French architect and building restorer (1812–1884)

Scottish-American civil war detective and spy

Austrian painter (1840–1884)

German painter and engraver (1803-1884)

American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer (1811-1884)

Argentinian politician, lawyer and diplomat (1810–1884)

Sorbian philologist and writer (1816–1884)

Portuguese and Saxon Royal

Chilean politician and President (1825-1884)

Vietnamese emperor (1869–1884)

valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876

British novelist and dramatist (1814–1884)

Baltic German engineer and statesman (1818-1884)

Brazilian writer (1825-1884)

President of Liberia (1817-1884)

Dutch Royal Heir (1851-1884)

Indian academic (1838–1884)

German physicist (1797–1884)

Duke of Brunswick (1806–1884)

German writer (1806-1884)

Italian painter (1846-1884)

Swiss-American geographer, paleontologist, meteorologist and naturalist (1807-1884)

Italian statesman and financier (1827-1884)

Ukrainian writer (1839–1884)

Czech art historian, sports organizer and founder of the Sokol movement (1832-1884)

German-American physician and botanist (1809-1884)

Germanic prince (1820–1884)

astronomer and geophysicist from Germany (1825-1884)

German geologist (1829–1884)

British botanist (1808-1884)

prussian composer and conductor (1815-1884)

Spanish writer (1813–1884)

German chess player (1821–1884)

French composer (1822–1884)

French musician (1808-1884)