Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal 1882 state leaders - Events of 1883 - 1884 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- France Obock - # Territory of Obock settled by France # Léonce Lagarde, Commissioner Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any common year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter G) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Saturday ( Dominical letter B) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Events of 1883

January - March

February 16: Ladies Home Journal begins (photo 1906). Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Ladies' Home Journal is a Magazine which first appeared February 16, 1883 and eventually became one of the leading magazines of the 20th Century

• January 10 - A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee kills 73. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
• January 16 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. The United States Civil Service consists of all appointive positions in the executive judicial and legislative branches of the Government of the United States except positions in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis
• January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Roselle is a Borough in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
• February 13 - The German composer Richard Wagner dies of a heart attack in Venice, Italy. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• February 16 - Ladies Home Journal is published for the first time. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Ladies' Home Journal is a Magazine which first appeared February 16, 1883 and eventually became one of the leading magazines of the 20th Century
• February 23 - Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government
• February 28 - The first vaudeville theater is opened, in Boston, Massachusetts. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s
• March - The Star of the Sea College is founded in Elsternwick, Victoria by the Irish Presentation Sisters. Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United Star of the Sea College is a Irish Catholic, secondary, Day school for girls located in Gardenvale, an inner south-eastern Suburb Elsternwick is a residential Suburb 9 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Presentation Sisters (also known as the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) are women who belong to a family of Roman Catholic Religious
• March 5 - Gloucester City A.F.C. is formed. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Gloucester City are a semi-professional football club based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Southern League.

April - June

May 24: Brooklyn Bridge is opened. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest Suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5989 feet (1825 m over the East River connecting the

• May 24 - Brooklyn Bridge is opened to traffic after 13 years of construction. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest Suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5989 feet (1825 m over the East River connecting the
• May 30 - In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following The City of New York The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest Suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5989 feet (1825 m over the East River connecting the
• June 16 - Victoria Hall Disaster: A rush for treats results in 183 children being asphyxiated in a concert hall in Sunderland, England. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Sunderland (, or /ˈsʌn(dlən/ is a City in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland (, or /ˈsʌn(dlən/ is a City in Tyne and Wear, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• June 30 - First appearance of The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson as a serial in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 Novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, which can be classed genre-wise Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Stevenson would complete the novel at the end of summer in France.

July - September

• July 3 - SS Daphne disaster in Glasgow leaves 124 dead. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. The SS Daphne was a ship which sank moments after her Ship naming and launching at a Shipyard in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom
• July 4 - World's first rodeo held in Pecos, TX. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Rodeo (ˈroʊdioʊ or /roʊˈdeɪoʊ/ is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States Pecos is the largest city and county seat of Reeves County, Texas, United States.
• July 22 - Zulu king Cetshwayo barely escapes rebel attack with his life. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of The Zulu ( IsiZulu: amaZulu) are the largest South African ethnic group of an estimated 10-11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal Cetshwayo kaMpande (kǀétʃʷ’ajo k’ámp’ande circa 1826 – February 8, 1884) was the king of the Zulu nation from 1872 to 1879 and their leader
• August - King William's College is opened on the Isle of Man. Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and King William's College ( Colleish Ree Illiam in Manx) is an independent school for ages 3 to 18 situated near Castletown on the Isle of Man The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
• August 12 - The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the Plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa 's Cape Province and the southern Natura Artis Magistra ( Latin for "Nature is the teacher of art" commonly known simply as Artis, is a Zoo in the centre of Amsterdam Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west
• August 26-28 - Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano erupts 10:02 AM (local time): 163 villages are destroyed, 36,380 dead. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Krakatoa ( Indonesian: Krakatau) also spelled Krakatao or Krakatowa, is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait Krakatoa ( Indonesian: Krakatau) also spelled Krakatao or Krakatowa, is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the
• September 15
  • The Bombay Natural History Society is founded. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. The Bombay Natural History Society, founded on 15 September 1883 is one of the largest non-governmental organizations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research
  • University of Texas at Austin opens to students.
• September 29 - A consortium of flour mill operators in Minneapolis, Minnesota form the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway as a means to get their product to the Great Lakes ports but avoid the high tariffs of Chicago. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. The Soo Line Railroad is the United States arm of the Canadian Pacific Railway, serving Chicago and the areas to the east and west The Laurentian Great Lakes are a chain of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada–United States border. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

August 26: Krakatoa volcano erupts. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Krakatoa ( Indonesian: Krakatau) also spelled Krakatao or Krakatowa, is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the

October - December

• October 1 - Sydney Boys High School is founded in Sydney, Australia. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective Secondary school for boys located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It is the first boys public school in Australia.
• October 4
  • The Boys' Brigade is founded in Glasgow, Scotland. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas For the 80s New Wave band from Canada see Boys Brigade (band. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It is the first Uniformed Youth Organization in existence.
  • The Orient Express begins operation. The Orient Express is the name of a long-distance Passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.
• October 15 - The Supreme Court of the United States declares part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional since the Court allowed private individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The Civil Rights Act of 1875 ( was United States federal law proposed by Republican Senator Charles Sumner and Republican Congressman Benjamin F The term race or racial group usually refers to the concept of categorizing Humans into Populations or groups on the basis of various sets
• October 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. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The Treaty of Ancón was signed by Peru and Chile on 20 October 1883, in the Ancón District near Lima. Provinces and municipalities Iquique 2 Iquique (Regional and provincial capital Alto Hospicio The War of the Pacific, sometimes called the Saltpeter War in reference to its original cause was fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia
• October 24 - Cardiff University, Wales, opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire)
• October 30- Two Clan na Gael dynamite bombs explode in the London underground, injuring several people. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd is a leading University located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. For the Celtic Rock band formerly known as Clan na Gael see Seven Nations. Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of Nitroglycerin, initially using Diatomaceous earth (kieselgur US Spelling kieselguhr The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Next day Home Secretary Vernon Harcourt drafts 300 policemen to guard the underground and introduces the Explosives Bill. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office William Vernon Harcourt may refer to William Vernon Harcourt (scientist (1789–1871 father of the politician and founder of the British Association for Public continues as before.
• November 1 - Amsterdam: The first international colonial and export exhibition closes having had over 1 million visitors. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west
• November 3 - 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. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Charles Earl Bolles (1829&ndashDisappeared 1888? alias Black Bart, was an American Old West Outlaw noted for his Poetic messages For other meanings see Stagecoach (disambiguation. A stagecoach (also called diligence) is a type of four-wheeled enclosed
• November 14 - Chile's National Library of Congress is founded
• November 18 - US and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• November 28 - Whitman College is chartered as a four-year college in Walla Walla, Washington. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Whitman College is a Co-educational, non-sectarian residential Undergraduate liberal arts college in Walla Walla Washington. Walla Walla is both the County seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, and the county's largest city

Undated

• Wolf's Head Society, known as "The Third Society" until 1888, founded at Yale University
• Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (German bacteriologist) discovers the cholera bacillus. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( December 11 1843 – May 27 1910) was a German Physician. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Microbiology (from Greek grc μῑκρος mīkros, "small" grc βίος bios, " Life " and grc -λογία Cholera, sometimes known as Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera, is an infectious Gastroenteritis caused by the Bacterium This page is about the bacterial genus For the class see Bacilli.
• Antoni Gaudí begins to build Sagrada Família cathedral. The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (official Catalan nameTemplo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia "Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family" often simply
• Houghton College is founded. Houghton College is a 4-year Christian Liberal arts college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.
• Dunstable Town F.C. is founded. Dunstable Town FC is a football club based in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, currently playing in the Southern League.
• Wagner College is founded. Wagner College is a coeducational private Liberal arts college located on Staten Island in New York City.
• Baltimore Polytechnic Institute is founded. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute ( BPI) but known most commonly as Poly, is a magnet High school in Baltimore, Maryland
• LIFE magazine is founded.
• The Black Arabs F. C is founded (now Bristol Rovers)
• Footscray Football Club is founded (now the Western Bulldogs). Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football team based in Bristol. The Western Bulldogs, formerly referred to as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL club based at the Whitten Oval in
• Duncan, Arizona is founded. Duncan is a town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates the population of the town is 713
• Raith Rovers Football Club is founded
• The Gretsch Company, manufacturers of drums, banjos and guitars opens in Brooklyn, N. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Gretsch is a US Musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by Guitar company Fender and Drum craft company Y.
• The suburb of Ingleburn, in Sydney, Australia is established. Ingleburn is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• During construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883, blasting and excavation reveal high concentrations of nickel-copper ore at Murray Mine on the edge of the Sudbury Basin located near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( Nickel (ˈnɪkəl is a metallic Chemical element with the symbol Ni and Atomic number 28 Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 An ore is a volume of rock containing components or Minerals in a mode of occurrence that renders it valuable for mining Murray Mine is a defunct Nickel and Copper mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is the second largest known Impact crater or Astrobleme Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Births

January-July

• January 1
  • Ichirō Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō, born January 1 1883 in Tokyo died March 7 1959) was a Japanese The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 1959)
  • Alberto Gerchunoff, Argentine writer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alberto Gerchunoff ( January 1 1883 &ndash March 2 1949) was an Argentine writer born in Russia. 1949)
• January 3 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Clement Richard Attlee 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC ( 3 January 1883 &ndash 8 October 1967 The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1967)
• January 5 - Döme Sztójay, prime minister of Hungary (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Döme Sztójay born Demeter Sztojakovich ( January 5, 1883 &ndash August 22, 1946) was a Hungarian 1946)
• January 6 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet, painter, and novelist (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Kahlil Gibran (born Gibrān Khalīl Gibrān bin Mikhā'īl bin Sa'ad; Arabic ar جبران خليل جبران بن ميخائيل بن سعد (born January 1931)
• January 10 - Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Francis Xavier Bushman ( January 10, 1883 &ndash August 23, 1966) was an American film actor 1966)
• January 10 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (Алексей Николаевич Толстой ( January 10, 1883 ( December 29, 1882 ( O 1945)
• January 20 - Bertram Ramsay, British admiral (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay KCB, KBE, MVO ( January 20, 1883 - January 2, 1945) was a British 1945)
• January 21 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Olav Aukrust ( January 21, 1883 &ndash November 3, 1929) was a Norwegian Poet and teacher 1929)
• February 9 - Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, German architect, interior designer and designer (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Fritz August Breuhaus ( February 9 1883 – December 2 1960) from about 1929 on called Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, was a famous 1960)
• February 15 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward ( 15 February 1883 - 1 June 1959) better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English Novelist 1959)
• February 16 - Elizabeth Craig, British Writer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Elizabeth Josephine Craig, MBE, FRSA ( 16 February 1883 &ndash 7 June 1980) was a British food writer Journalist 1980)
• February 18 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek poet (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Nikos Kazantzakis ( Νίκος Καζαντζάκης) ( February 18, 1883, Heraklion, Crete, Ottoman Empire - 1957)
• February 22 - Marguerite Clark, American silent film actress (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Marguerite Clark ( February 22, 1883 - September 25, 1940) was an American stage and Silent film Actress 1940)
• February 23
  • Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Karl Theodor Jaspers ( February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969) was a German Psychiatrist and Philosopher who 1969)
  • Victor Fleming, American film director (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the Arkansas lawyer and judge Victor A Fleming, see Vic Fleming. 1949)
• March 3 - Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt ( March 3, 1883 – October 10, 1971) was an English educational psychologist who contributed to 1971)
• March 4 - Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Sam Langford ( March 4, 1883 - January 12, 1956) was an African Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century 1956)
• March 19
  • Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Sir Walter Norman Haworth ( March 19, 1883, Chorley, Lancashire &ndash March 19, 1950, Barnt Green, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1950)
  • Joseph Stilwell, American soldier (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Joseph Warren Stilwell ( March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army four-star General 1946)
• April 1 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Lon Chaney ( April 1 1883 &ndash August 26 1930) nicknamed " The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American 1930)
• April 15 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, FRS, PC (15 April 1883&ndash25 August 1967 was an Australian politician and The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1967)
• April 30 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Jaroslav Hašek (ˈjaroslaf ˈɦaʃɛk ( April 30, 1883 – January 3, 1923) was a Czech humorist and satirist best known for his 1923)
• May 1 - Tom Moore, Irish-American actor (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Thomas J Moore ( May 1, 1883 - February 12, 1955) was an actor in the United States born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath 1955)
• May 9 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of José Ortega y Gasset ( May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955) was a Spanish philosopher. 1955)
• May 10 - Eugen Levine, Communist leader of Munich Soviet Republic (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Eugen Leviné (born May 10 1883, St Petersburg, Russia – July 5 1919, Bavaria) was a Communist, The Bavarian Soviet Republic, also known as the Munich Soviet Republic ( German: Bayerische Räterepublik or Münchner Räterepublik) was 1919)
• May 16 - Celal Bayar, Turkish politician, statesman and the third President of Turkey(d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Mahmut Celal Bayar ( May 16, 1883 &ndash August 22, 1986) was a Turkish Politician, Statesman and the third 1986)
• May 18 - Walter Gropius, German architect (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 &ndash July 5, 1969) was a German Architect and founder of Bauhaus 1969)
• May 20 - King Faisal I of Iraq (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Faisal bin Al Hussein Bin Ali El-Hashemi, GCB, GCMG ( فيصل بن حسين Fayṣal ibn Ḥusayn; 20 May 1883 &ndash September 8 1933)
• May 23 - Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director 1939)
• May 31 - Lauri Kristian Relander, President of Finland (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Lauri Kristian Relander ( May 31, 1883 &ndash February 9, 1942) was the second President of Finland (1925-1931 The President of Finland is the Head of State of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the President and the 1942)
• June 5 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem John Maynard Keynes 1st Baron Keynes CB (ˈkeɪnz "cains" (5 June 1883 &ndash 21 April 1946 was a British Economist whose ideas 1946)
• June 7 - Sylvanus G. Morley, American scholar and World War I spy (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins This article is mainly about the archaeologist For the professor of Spanish see the section The other Sylvanus G 1948)
• June 21 - Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Catalonia (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Lluís Companys i Jover ( June 21 1882 &ndash October 14 1940) was a Spanish Catalan Politician 1940)
• June 24 - Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Victor Francis Hess ( June 24, 1883 &ndash December 17, 1964) was an Austrian American Physicist, and The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1964)
• June 28 - Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Pierre Laval (28 June 1883 15 October 1945 was a French Politician and statesman who led the Vichy government during World War II, and The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers 1945)
• June 29 - Lothrop Stoddard, American eugenicist and racist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Lothrop Stoddard ( June 29, 1883 &ndash May 1, 1950) born Theodore Lothrop Stoddard, was an American political theorist The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Eugenics is a social Philosophy which advocates the improvement of Human Hereditary traits through various forms of intervention List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that 1950)

July - December

• July 3 - Franz Kafka, Austrian writer (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. 1924)
• July 4 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg ( July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was an American Cartoonist who received a 1948 Pulitzer 1970)
• July 29
  • Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez ( July 29, 1883 &ndash January 14, 1942) better known by his Pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob 1942)
  • Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1945)
• August 19
  • Coco Chanel, French stylist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( August 19, 1883 &ndash January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French Fashion designer 1971)
  • Elsie Ferguson, American actress (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Elsie Ferguson ( August 19, 1883 - November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. 1961)
• August 23
  • Jesse Pennington, English footballer (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Jesse Pennington ( 23 August 1883 &ndash 5 September 1970) was an English football player in the early part of the 20th 1970)
  • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, American general (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV (August 23 1883 &ndash September 2 1953 was a career American army officer and the commander of Allied forces 1953)
• August 30 - Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist, painter, architect, and poet (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Theo van Doesburg ( Utrecht, August 30, 1883 &ndash Davos, March 7, 1931) was a Dutch artist practicing in 1931)
• September 15 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Esteban Terradas i Illa (born Barcelona, 15 September 1883; died Madrid, 9 May 1950) was a Spanish Mathematician 1950)
• October 8 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Otto Heinrich Warburg ( October 8, 1883, Freiburg im Breisgau &ndash August 1, 1970, Berlin) son of physicist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1970)
• October 26 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Paul Henry Pilgrim ( October 26, 1883 &ndash January 8, 1958) was an American athlete who won three gold medals 1958)
• November 4 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Nikolaos Plastiras ( Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας) ( November 4, 1883 - July 26, 1953) was a General of the 1953)
• November 8 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO ( 8 November 1883 &ndash 3 October 1953) was an English Composer and poet 1953)
• November 11 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Ernest Alexandre Ansermet ( November 11, 1883 &ndash February 20, 1969) was a Swiss conductor. 1969)
• November 18 - Carl Vinson, U. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Carl Vinson ( November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was a United States Representative from Georgia. S. Congressman (d. 1981)
• November 25
  • Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Harvey Spencer Lewis FRC, S·I· 33°66°95° PhD ( November 25, 1883 – August 2, 1939 1939)
  • Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Merrill Church Meigs ( November 25, 1883 - January 26, 1968) was the executive of the Chicago Herald and Examiner in the 1968)
• December 3 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Anton Webern (December 3 1883 &ndash September 15 1945 was an Austrian Composer 1945)
• December 13 - Belle da Costa Greene, librarian, bibliographer, archivist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Belle da Costa Greene ( December 13, 1883 in Washington DC - May 10, 1950 in New York City New York) was the Librarian 1950)
• December 14 - Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of the Martial Art Style Aikido (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei, December 14, 1883 &ndash April 26, 1969) was a famous Martial artist 1969)
• December 16 - Max Linder, French actor (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Max Linder ( December 16, 1883 &ndash October 31, 1925) was an influential French pioneer of Silent film. 1925)
• December 22 - Edgard Varèse, French composer (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse, whose name was also spelled Edgar Varèse 1965)
• December 26 - Maurice Utrillo, French artist and illustrator (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon, ( 26 December 1883 - 5 November 1955) was a French painter who specialized 1955)
• probable - T. F. O'Rahilly, Irish academic (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Francis O'Rahilly, Irish name Tomás Proinsias Ó Rathaile (1883–1953 was an influential scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly in the 1953)

See also Category: 1883 births. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

January - June

• January 10 - Samuel Mudd, American doctor to John Wilkes Booth (b. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Samuel Alexander Mudd I ( December 20, 1833 &ndash January 10, 1883) was a Maryland physician implicated and imprisoned for Abraham Lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth (May 10 1838 – April 26 1865 was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the 1833)
• January 23 - Gustave Doré, French artist (b. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor 1832)
• January 24 - Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Friedrich von Flotow (27 April 1812 &ndash 24 January 1883 was a German Composer. 1812)
• February 13 - Richard Wagner, German composer (b. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed 1813)
• February 15 - Prince Kwacho Hiroatsu of Japan (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor 1875)
• February 17
  • Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste ( June 28, 1805 &ndash February 17, 1883) was a French guitarist and Composer 1806)
  • Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vasudeo Balwant Phadke (वासुदेव बळवंत फडके ( 1845-11-04 &ndash 1883-02-17) was an Indian revolutionary and is widely regarded India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country 1845)
• March 14 - Karl Marx, German philosopher (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. 1818)
• April 4 - Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Peter Cooper ( February 12, 1791 &ndash April 4, 1883) was an American Industrialist, Inventor, Philanthropist 1791)
• April 16 - Charles II, Duke of Parma (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Charles Louis of Bourbon-Parma ( Carlo Ludovico di Borbone Parma) ( 22 December 1799 &ndash 16 April 1883) was King of Etruria 1799)
• April 30 - Edouard Manet, French painter (b. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 1832)
• May 15 - Keelikolani, princess of Hawaii (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Princess Ruth Luka Keanolani Kauanahoahoa Keelikōlani of Hawaii, also known as Princess Ruth or Ruth Keelikōlani (1826-1883 was a member of both the royal court 1826)
• May 26
  • Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī ( 6 September, 1808 - 26 May, 1883, in Arabic عبد القادر الجزائري was an 1808)
  • Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year General Sir Edward Sabine KCB FRS ( October 14, 1788 &ndash May 26, 1883) was an Irish Astronomer 1788)

July - December

• July 15 - General Tom Thumb, circus midget (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final For the similarly named governor of New Jersey see Charles C Stratton. 1838)
• July 22 - Edward Ord, U. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Edward Otho Cresap Ord (October 18 1818 &ndash July 22 1883 was the designer of Fort Sam Houston, and a United States Army officer who saw action in the Seminole S. Army officer (b. 1818)
• August 24 - Henri, comte de Chambord, pretender to the French throne (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Henri V of France and Navarre ( Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois de France – September 29, 1820 – August 24, 1883 1820)
• September 3 - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈgʲeɪvʲɪtɕ turˈgʲenʲɪf ( &ndash) was a Russian novelist and playwright 1818)
• October 22 - Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Thomas Mayne Reid ( April 4 1818 – October 22 1883) was an Irish - American Novelist. 1818)
• October 30 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Friedrich Robert Volkmann ( April 6, 1815 &ndash October 30, 1883) was a German composer 1815)
• December 13 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade ( January 13, 1812 - December 13, 1883) known as Victor de Laprade, was a French 1812)

See also Category: 1883 deaths. Year 1812 ( MDCCCXII) a leap year started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year