What Happened In October 1883 In History

Historical Events for October, 1883

• 4th » First run of the 'Orient Express.'

Famous Birthdays on October in 1883

• 2nd » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950)
• 2nd » Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
• 4th » Charles Healy, American water polo player
• 5th » Ernst Pittschau, German actor (d. 1951)
• 8th » Dick Burnett (musician) named Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 8th » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 13th » William Dickey (diver) called William Dickey, American diver (d. 1950)
• 16th » Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek-American actress (d. 1973)
• 17th » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (d. 1966)
• 26th » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (d. 1970)
• 26th » Paul Pilgrim, American runner (d. 1958)
• 29th » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (d. 1966)
• 31st » Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (d. 1956)

Famous Deaths for October 1883

• 6th » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 22nd » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author (b. 1818)
• 30th » Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
• 30th » Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. 1815)

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