What Happened In May 1883 - Historical Events 1883 May

Historical Events for May, 1883

20th » Krakatoa 1883 eruption of Krakatoa e.g begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
24th » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
27th » Alexander III of Russia e.g Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
30th » In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.

5th » Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer (d. 1944)
5th » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
9th » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
13th » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear (d. 1962)
18th » Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (d. 1974)
18th » Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969)
20th » Johnny Arthur, American actor (d. 1951)
20th » Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)
23rd » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1939)
23rd » Ferenc Talányi, Slovenian journalist and painter (d. 1959)
25th » Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1965)
26th » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
28th » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian politician (d. 1966)
28th » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion or Portmeirion Village (d. 1978)
31st » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (d. 1942)