What Happened In January 1883 - Historical Events 1883 January

Historical Events for January, 1883

16th » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service Commission known as United States Civil Service, is passed.
19th » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.

1st » William J. Donovan, American intelligence chief (d. 1959)
3rd » Clement Attlee, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
4th » Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)
6th » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet (d. 1931)
6th » Frank Haller, American boxer (d. 1939)
8th » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (d. 1941)
8th » Patrick J. Hurley, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)
10th » Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966)
10th » Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (d. 1934)
10th » Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
10th » Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian author (d. 1945)
13th » Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938)
13th » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
14th » Nina Ricci (designer) or Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
17th » Compton Mackenzie, Scottish author (d. 1972)
20th » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (d. 1968)
20th » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
21st » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929)
21st » Eulogio Rodriguez, Filipino politician, 7th President of the Senate of the Philippines (d. 1964)
24th » Philip Schuster, American gymnast (d. 1926)
30th » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1920)