1883 Calendar
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1883 Historical Event(s)
January 16, 1883
– The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
January 19, 1883
– The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
May 24, 1883
– The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
June 16, 1883
– The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
August 17, 1883
– The first public performance of the Dominican Republic’s national anthem, Himno Nacional.
August 26, 1883
– The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
October 20, 1883
– Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru’s involvement in the War of the Pacific.
October 22, 1883
– The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
November 18, 1883
– American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
December 21, 1883
– The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Who Were Born On 1883?
January 3, 1883
– Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
January 8, 1883
– Patrick J. Hurley, American soldier, statesman, and diplomat; 51st United States Secretary of War and former United States Ambassador to the Republic of China (d. 1963)
March 19, 1883
– Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
May 28, 1883
– Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian revolutionary and politician (d. 1966)
July 19, 1883
– Max Fleischer, Austrian-born American animator and film producer (d. 1972)
August 19, 1883
– Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)
September 18, 1883
– Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson), British composer (d. 1950)
October 16, 1883
– Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (d. 1973)
November 4, 1883
– Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general (d. 1953)
December 9, 1883
– Alexander Papagos, Greek General and Prime Minister (d. 1955)