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
1884Aug, 31
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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.