Historical figures in 1883
The atlas holds 29 people and 39 moments here, in 1883. The most recorded lives are Vincent van Gogh, Sun Yat-sen and Rubén Darío. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Historians.
Notable people
Benito Mussolini
in 1883
1 moment here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Ernest Rutherford
in 1883
1 moment here
New Zealand-born physicist and chemist whose research on radioactivity, the atomic nucleus, and nuclear transmutation helped establish nuclear…
Franz Kafka
in 1883
1 moment here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Friedrich Engels
in 1883
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1883
2 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Grover Cleveland
in 1883
1 moment here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
H. G. Wells
in 1883
1 moment here
Herbert George Wells was an English novelist, journalist, historian, teacher, and social critic.…
Jack London
in 1883
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
John Maynard Keynes
in 1883
1 moment here
English economist, civil servant, Cambridge fellow, and British international negotiator whose work shaped modern macroeconomics.…
José Rizal
in 1883
1 moment here
Filipino nationalist, writer, physician, and polymath whose reform advocacy, novels, exile, trial, and execution made him a central figure in…
Kahlil Gibran
in 1883
1 moment here
Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist, best known for The Prophet. Born in Bsharri, he emigrated to Boston as a child, studied in Beirut…
Karl Marx
in 1883
1 moment here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Mark Twain
in 1883
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Max Weber
in 1883
1 moment here
German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…
Oscar Wilde
in 1883
2 moments here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Queen Victoria
in 1883
1 moment here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Richard Wagner
in 1883
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Ronald Ross
in 1883
1 moment here
British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…
Rubén Darío
in 1883
3 moments here
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…
Rudyard Kipling
in 1883
2 moments here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1883
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1883
3 moments here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1883
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Thomas Edison
in 1883
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Moments
- 1883 Family move to Havelock Ernest Rutherford
- 1883 Begins recurring summers in Sils Maria Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1883 Begins recurring winters in Nice Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1883 Pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School H. G. Wells
- 1883 Residence at Tobin Ranch Jack London
- 1883 Birth in Bsharri Kahlil Gibran
- 1883 Makes a copyright visit to Ottawa Mark Twain
- 1883 Acting Garrison Surgeon at Bangalore Ronald Ross
- 1883 Brief residence in Granada Rubén Darío
- 1883 Journalism and library employment in Managua Rubén Darío
- 1883 Residence in León after returning from El Salvador Rubén Darío
- 1883 First documented visit to Simla Rudyard Kipling
- 1883 Journalism in Lahore Rudyard Kipling
- 1883 Study at Saint Petersburg Conservatory Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1883 Oahu College studies Sun Yat-sen
- 1883 Return to Cuiheng Sun Yat-sen
- 1883 First visit to Dakota Territory Theodore Roosevelt
- 1883 Honored at the Hôtel Continental Victor Hugo
- 1883 Visits Paris with his father Winston Churchill
- 1883 Doctoral study at Johns Hopkins Woodrow Wilson
- 1883 English study at the Dutch consulate Yun Ch'iho
- 1883 Paris residence during European interlude Oscar Wilde
- 1883 Death at Ca' Vendramin Calergi Richard Wagner
- 1883 Marx funeral eulogy Friedrich Engels
- 1883 Dies at Maitland Park Road Karl Marx
- 1883 Fall at Windsor Queen Victoria
- 1883 Birth at 6 Harvey Road John Maynard Keynes
- 1883 Summer stay in Paris José Rizal
- 1883 Birth at Dovia di Predappio Benito Mussolini
- 1883 Born in Prague’s Old Town Franz Kafka
- 1883 Opens Sunbury three-wire station Thomas Edison
- 1883 Return to New York for Vera Oscar Wilde
- 1883 Governor's correspondence from Albany Grover Cleveland
- 1883 Arrives in Hoogeveen Vincent van Gogh
- 1883 Military service and classes in Strasbourg Max Weber
- 1883 Settles near Nieuw-Amsterdam Vincent van Gogh
- 1883 Diocesan Home education Sun Yat-sen
- 1883 Continues working in the Drenthe peatlands Vincent van Gogh
- 1883 Joins his parents in Nuenen Vincent van Gogh