Historical figures in 1883
The atlas holds 15 people and 21 moments here, in 1883. The most recorded lives are Vincent van Gogh, Friedrich Nietzsche and Oscar Wilde. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Historians.
Notable people
Vincent van Gogh
in 1883
4 moments here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
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,…
Oscar Wilde
in 1883
2 moments here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
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…
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…
Victor Hugo
in 1883
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Winston Churchill
in 1883
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Thomas Edison
in 1883
1 moment here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting 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.…
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…
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…
Benito Mussolini
in 1883
1 moment here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Friedrich Engels
in 1883
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
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.…
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…
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 Makes a copyright visit to Ottawa Mark Twain
- 1883 First documented visit to Simla Rudyard Kipling
- 1883 Journalism in Lahore Rudyard Kipling
- 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 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 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 Arrives in Hoogeveen Vincent van Gogh
- 1883 Settles near Nieuw-Amsterdam Vincent van Gogh
- 1883 Continues working in the Drenthe peatlands Vincent van Gogh
- 1883 Joins his parents in Nuenen Vincent van Gogh