5 events found for 1883
New York governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation that led to the creation of Niagara Falls State Park, the United S
New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time
In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a
The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in…
A massive eruption (pictured) destroyed the island of Krakatoa, Indonesia, ejecting so much volcanic ash that average…