Historical Events In 1883

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

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

Aug 01   Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies in the year 1883.  

Aug 06   Francesco Santoliquido, composer in the year 1883.  

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   Carlos Lavin, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 10   On this day in history first train reaches Calgary.  

Aug 11   In the year 1883 ernst Stadler, writer  

Aug 12   In the year 1883 jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)  

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

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

Aug 14   In the year 1883 ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division)  

Aug 17   In the year 1883 the first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.  

Aug 18   On this day in history gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel)  

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

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

Aug 26   Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 in the year 1883.  

Aug 26   In the year 1883 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   August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1883.  

Aug 27   Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons on this day in history.  

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

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   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   Theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style) in the year 1883.  

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

Sep 05   Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier) in the year 1883.  

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

Sep 08   Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont on this day in history.  

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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   On this day in history birth of clement Richard Attlee, (L) British PM (1945-51)  

Jan 04   Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Neth 1st female prof (Utrecht, 1917-52) was born in the year 1883.  

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   In the year 1883 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   Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 23   Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

Jan 24   On this day in history friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70  

Feb 01   Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies in the year 1883.  

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