1884

Baseball (Major League)

 * Ned Williamson hits 27 home runs for the Chicago White Stockings, establishing a new record that will last for 35 years. He nearly doubled the record of 14 set the season before by Harry Stovey.


 * First World Series contested - Providence NL defeats New York AA, 3 games to none.


 * 1884 in baseball

Boat race

 * Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

Football (Canadian)

 * The Canadian Rugby Football Union, forerunner of the Canadian Football League is established.

Football (Soccer)

 * FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park (Glasgow) 2-1

Events

 * Cresta Run constructed for skeleton
 * Gaelic Athletic Association founded to promote hurling and Gaelic football

Births

 * Candy Jim Taylor, star player/manager in Negro League baseball
 * August 3 - Georges Boillot, Grand Prix motor racing driver (d. 1916)
 * August 4 - Henri Cornet, French cycling champion (d. 1941)
 * December 31 - Edgar Page, British field hockey player (d. 1956)