Jump to content

1883

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by JeLuF (talk | contribs) at 09:06, 12 January 2003 (Alberto Gerchunoff). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s

Years: 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 - 1883 - 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888

Events

January 6 - Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrates the telegraph.
August 12: the last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
August 27: Krakatau volcano eruption
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (German bacteriologist) discovers the cholera bacillus.

Births

January 3 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (+ 1967)
January 6 - Khalil Gibran, poet, painter, novelist (+ 1931)
February 11 - Paul August von Klenau Danish composer/conductor
August 23 - US General Jonathan Wainwright, Medal of Honor recipient
November 8 - Arnold Bax, composer
December 3 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer
December 25 - Maurice Utrillo, a "Montmartre" artist
Alberto Gerchunoff, Argentine writer

Deaths

February 13 - Richard Wagner, German composer
March 14 - Karl Marx, German philosopher
April 30 - Edouard Manet, painter

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1883&oldid=580872"