Historical Events In 1883

Jul 29   On this day in history the birth of Benito Mussolini, Italian leader  

Aug 01   On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)  

Aug 01   In the year 1883 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

Aug 06   Francesco Santoliquido, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 07   In the year 1883 j Ringelnatz, writer  

Aug 09   In the year 1883 george Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)  

Aug 10   On this day in history carlos Lavin, composer  

Aug 10   First train reaches Calgary on this day in history.  

Aug 11   Ernst Stadler, writer on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP) in the year 1883.  

Aug 12   Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies in the year 1883.  

Aug 12   The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

Aug 14   Ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division) in the year 1883.  

Aug 17   The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel) on this day in history.  

Aug 19   The birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history providence shuts out Phillies 28-0  

Aug 23   In the year 1883 phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks & & passballs count as errors prior to 1888)  

Aug 26   -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 on this day in history.  

Aug 26   On this day in history krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000  

Aug 26   The Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high on this day in history.  

Aug 27   On this day in history august Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76  

Aug 27   In the year 1883 krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons  

Aug 27   The volcano Krakatoa erupts and the resulting explosion is heard 2200 miles away in Australia on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history e E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour)  

Aug 28   Slavery banned throughout British Empire on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1883 seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion  

Aug 29   Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1883 thomas Ahearn, head of the Ottawa Street Railway Company, presides over a demonstration of his pioneering electric stove at the Windsor Hotel in Ottawa. This is believed to be the world's very first dinner cooked on an all-electric stove.  

Aug 30   On this day in history theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style)  

Sep 03   Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1883 otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)  

Sep 06   Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn in the year 1883.  

Sep 08   On this day in history northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci)  

Jan 01   [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51) was born in the year 1883.  

Jan 04   In the year 1883 birth of johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52)  

Jan 04   Max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969)  

Jan 06   Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings) was born in the year 1883.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)  

Jan 04   Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1883.  

Jan 05   In the year 1883 death of charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806)  

Jan 10   In the year 1883 death of dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. 1833)  

Jan 21   In the year 1883 jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62  

Jan 23   In the year 1883 death of gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)  

Jan 24   Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies  

Feb 13   In the year 1883 pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64