Page 7: Historical Events In 1883

Jul 29   Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43).   

Aug 01   A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10000 (forgery)   

Aug 01   Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

Aug 06   Francesco Santoliquido, composer.   

Aug 07   J Ringelnatz, writer.   

Aug 09   George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee (elected 1961)   

Aug 10   Carlos Lavin, composer.   

Aug 10   inaugural train reaches Calgary.   

Aug 11   Ernst Stadler, writer.   

Aug 12   Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)   

Aug 12   Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

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

Aug 14   Ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division).   

Aug 17   The inaugural public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional   

Aug 18   Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel)   

Aug 19   Gabrielle (aka Coco) Chanel, French designer is born   

Aug 21   Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0   

Aug 23   Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888).   

Aug 26   -27] Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions results in the deaths of 36000.   

Aug 26   Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions results in the deaths of 36000   

Aug 26   The Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high   

Aug 27   August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76   

Aug 27   Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1300 megatons.   

Aug 27   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)   

Aug 28   Slavery banned throughout British Empire.   

Aug 29   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   

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 inaugural dinner cooked on an all-electric stove   

Aug 30   Theo Van Doesburg, [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style)   

Sep 03   Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64.   

Sep 05   Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier).   

Sep 06   Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn   

Sep 08   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)   

Jan 01   [hei]ko e arnoldi: Dutch actor (3 drops of water)/theater director   

Jan 03   Clement richard attlee: (l) british pm (1945-51)   

Jan 04   Johanna westerdijk: Botanist/neth 1st female prof (utrecht, 1917-52)   

Jan 04   Max f eastman: Us, critic/essayist (masses)   

Jan 04   Max eastman: American writer   

Jan 06   Khalil gibran: Lebanon, mystic poet (the prophet, broken wings)   

Jan 07   Andrew browne: Irish/british admiral (ww ii)   

Jan 04   Nicolas ledesma: Composer,   

Jan 05   Charles tompson: First australian published poet (b. 1806)   

Jan 10   Dr samuel a. mudd: American medical doctor (b. 1833)   

Jan 21   Jacopo tomadini: Composer,    

Jan 23   Gustave doré: French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)   

Jan 24   Friedrich von flotow: German baron/composer,    

Feb 01   Pavel melnikov: Russian historian/author,    

Feb 13   Pavel melnikov: [petsjerski], russian historian,