1883 - What happened in 1883 ?

January 1883

Tuesday 16:

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed.

Friday 19:

The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison.

February 1883

Friday 16:

Ladies Home Journal is published for the first time.

Friday 23:

Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.

Wednesday 28:

The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 1883

Tuesday 20:

1883 – Signature of Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

April 1883

Friday 13:

Alferd Packer is convicted of murder

May 1883

Tuesday 01:

Buffalo Bill Cody put on his first Wild West Show.

Sunday 20:

The eruption of Krakatoa begins, leading ultimately to the volcano's destruction three months later.

Thursday 24:

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.

Sunday 27:

Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.

Wednesday 30:

In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.

August 1883

Sunday 12:

The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam

Friday 17:

Dominican Republic the first public performance of the Dominican National Anthem, Quisqueyanos valientes

Sunday 26:

Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

Monday 27:

The after effects caused by the Krakatau explosion in Indonesia kills 36,000 people.

September 1883

Saturday 15:

The Bombay Natural History Society is founded in Bombay (now Mumbai), India.

October 1883

Thursday 04:

First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.

Monday 15:

The Supreme Court of the United States declares part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional.

Saturday 20:

Peru and Chile signed the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province was ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

Monday 22:

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust (opera).

November 1883

Saturday 03:

American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the Po-8" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.

Sunday 18:

American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.