WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1883
Find out what all happened January to December 1883

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

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

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

The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland. (26. December 1883)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed: . (21. December 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 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed. (20. March 1883)

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