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| 1884 |
| | | General Gordon marches south to protect Khartoum from the advancing forces of the Mahdi | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena) | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The Boer republic in the Transvaal regains its independence from Britain | |
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| 1884 |
| | | English socialists, including Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb, found the Fabian Society as part of a long-term political strategy | |
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| 1884 |
| | | A new Reform Act in Britain further reduces the financial threshold for voters in Britain, in effect extending the franchise to male workers in rural areas | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Greenwich becomes accepted internationally as the prime meridian, or 0° longitude | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The newly founded Fabian Society publishes Manifesto by George Bernard Shaw | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded in Ireland to promote indigenous games such as hurling | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Gustav Nachtigal, moving on to Cameroon, annexes this region too for the new German empire | |
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