WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1883
Find out what all happened January to November 1883

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust. (22. October 1883)

American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture. (3. November 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. (20. October 1883)

An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. (21. August 1883)

American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. (18. November 1883)

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. (24. May 1883)

Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people. (20. May 1883)

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. (26. August 1883)

The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (12. August 1883)

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed. (16. January 1883)

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed. (20. March 1883)

Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. (27. May 1883)

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Forces (known then as the "90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles") is founded. (9. November 1883)

The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey. (19. January 1883)

The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. (8. September 1883)

France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin. (25. August 1883)

First run of the Orient Express. (4. October 1883)

First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. (4. October 1883)

Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc (28. March 1883)

The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston (28. February 1883)