Historical Events In 1883

Jul 29   The birth of Benito Mussolini, Italian leader in the year 1883.  

Aug 01   A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 06   On this day in history francesco Santoliquido, composer  

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   Carlos Lavin, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 10   First train reaches Calgary in the year 1883.  

Aug 11   Ernst Stadler, writer in the year 1883.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 14   On this day in history ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division)  

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

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

Aug 19   In the year 1883 the birth of Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer  

Aug 21   In the year 1883 providence shuts out Phillies 28-0  

Aug 23   Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks & & passballs count as errors prior to 1888) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26   In the year 1883 krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000  

Aug 26   On this day in history 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.  

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

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

Aug 28   Slavery banned throughout British Empire in the year 1883.  

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

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   In the year 1883 theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style)  

Sep 03   On this day in history iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64  

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   [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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)  

Jan 07   Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91  

Jan 05   Charles Tompson, first Australian published poet (b. 1806) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor (b. 1833) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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   Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 13   On this day in history pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64