WHAT HAPPENED IN 1883.
Look what happened the 1883.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional. (17. August 1883)

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

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

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

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

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