WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1883
Find out what all happened January to June 1883

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

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

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

Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law. (23. February 1883)

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

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

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

The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children. (16. June 1883)

In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people. (30. May 1883)

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

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

The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris. (5. June 1883)