Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1883 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Great London Tornado - 1091, Battle of Fornham - 1173, Battle of Neville Cross - 1346, Regicides Executed - 1660, London Beer Flood - 1814, 1st Professional Golf Tournament - 1860, First Motoring Offences in Britain - 1895, First Full-Scale British Air-raid - 1917, World’s First Fully Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Opened - 1956, Hatfield Rail Crash - 2000
Famous and historic events from 1883
First electric trams begin running in London
Karl Marx Dies in London
Krakatoa Destroyed
Sunderland Theatre Disaster
The Boys Brigade is founded
Treasure Island Published
Famous Britons born in 1883
A S Neill
Arnold Bax
Clement Attlee
Compton Mackenzie
Ethel Gabain
Frederick Woolton
Gerald Berners
James Kemsley
James McBey
John Maynard Keynes
Norman Haworth
Sax Rohmer
Sir James Lithgow
T E Hulme
William Birkett
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