What Happened In December 1883 - Historical Events 1883 December

Historical Events for December, 1883

21st » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed: .
26th » The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orange Order or Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland Colony known as Newfoundland.

3rd » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
4th » Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
9th » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)
9th » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
9th » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates (d. 1967)
13th » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian (d. 1950)
14th » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1962)
14th » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (d. 1969)
16th » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
16th » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
18th » Raimu, French actor (d. 1946)
22nd » Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (d. 1941)
22nd » Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (d. 1965)
25th » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1975)
26th » Maurice Utrillo, French painter (d. 1955)
27th » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1979)
30th » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)