Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). 1883 - Events. January 10 - A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee kills 71 January 16 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was b ...

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1883 - Unknown date. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (German.bacteriologist) discovers the cholera bacillus. Antonio Gaudi begins to build Sagrada Familia cathedral. Fabian Society founded. Orient Express begins operation. ...

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1883 - January-June. January 3 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967) January 6 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet, painter, and novelist (d. 1931) January 10 - Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966) January 10 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. 1945) January 21 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929) February 15 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959) February 7 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. ...

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