Historical Events In 1883

Jul 29   The birth of Benito Mussolini, Italian leader on this day in history.  

Aug 01   In the year 1883 a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)  

Aug 01   On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

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

Aug 07   On this day in history j Ringelnatz, writer  

Aug 09   George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961) on this day in history.  

Aug 10   In the year 1883 carlos Lavin, composer  

Aug 10   In the year 1883 first train reaches Calgary.  

Aug 11   On this day in history ernst Stadler, writer  

Aug 12   On this day in history jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)  

Aug 12   Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 12   In the year 1883 the last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.  

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 in the year 1883.  

Aug 18   In the year 1883 gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel)  

Aug 19   On this day in history the birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer  

Aug 21   Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   In the year 1883 -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000  

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   On this day in history krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons  

Aug 27   In the year 1883 the volcano Krakatoa erupts and the resulting explosion is heard 2200 miles away in Australia.  

Aug 28   In the year 1883 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   On this day in history seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion  

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

Aug 29   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 in the year 1883.  

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

Sep 03   Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64 in the year 1883.  

Sep 05   On this day in history otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)  

Sep 06   Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson & Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn on this day in history.  

Sep 08   In the year 1883 northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont  

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Jan 01   Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist (La Torre, Tre Croci) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1883 birth of [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor (3 Drops of Water)/theater director  

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   In the year 1883 birth of max F Eastman, US, critic/essayist (Masses)  

Jan 04   Max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91  

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

Jan 10   Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. 1833) died in the year 1883.  

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

Jan 23   Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832) died in the year 1883.  

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   On this day in history pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64