The most infamous of all was launched by the explosion of the island of Krakatoa in 1883 ; ;

In 1883 the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway was opened, which had a most curious feature: though it was a cable car system, it used steam locomotives to get the cars into and out of the terminals.

He was the author of several works, the most important being The Principles and Practice of Surgery ( 1878 – 1883 ).

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, one of the world's most celebrated realists, wrote Faust ( 1856 ), Phantoms ( 1864 ), Song of the Triumphant Love ( 1881 ) and Clara Milich ( 1883 ).

Lord Grimthorpe financed a £ 130, 000 renovation and rebuilding of the then dilapidated cathedral, which is most apparent in his generally poorly regarded Neo-Gothic rebuild of the west front ( 1880 – 1883 ).

The two most violent volcanic eruptions in modern times occurred in Indonesia ; in 1815 Mount Tambora in Sumbawa erupted killing 92, 000 and in 1883, Krakatau, erupted killing 36, 000.

The most important American free love journal was Lucifer the Lightbearer ( 1883 – 1907 ) edited by Moses Harman and Lois Waisbrooker but also there existed Ezra Heywood and Angela Heywood's The Word ( 1872 – 1890, 1892 – 1893 ).

The most notable eruptions of Krakatoa culminated in a series of massive explosions August 26 – 27, 1883, which were among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history.

In 1883 he returned to Rome and, most notably, Pompeii, where further excavations had taken place since his last visit.

At the time he felt that the war was a wrongful one and believed that territorial gains were designed to spread slavery throughout the nation, writing in 1883, " I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day, regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation.

Looking back in 1883, Gladstone wrote that " In principle, perhaps my Coalwhippers Act of 1843 was the most Socialistic measure of the last half century ".

Carmen initially gained its reputation through a series of productions outside France, and was not revived in Paris until 1883 ; thereafter it rapidly acquired celebrity at home and abroad, and continues to be one of the most frequently performed operas ; the " toreador's song " from Act 2 is among the best known of all operatic arias.

Hervé's most famous works are the Gounod-parody Le Petit Faust ( 1869 ) and Mam ' zelle Nitouche ( 1883 ).

The most widely known English translation of the Kama Sutra was privately printed in 1883.

While almost all of the Prix de Rome cantatas have long since been forgotten ( along with their composers, for the most part ), Debussy's prize-winning L ' enfant prodigue ( 1884, following his unsuccessful Le gladiateur of 1883 ) is still performed occasionally today.

One of the forces that drove the spread of the rosary during the 19th century among Roman Catholics was the influence of the Rosary Pope, a title given to Pope Leo XIII ( 1878 – 1903 ) because he issued a record twelve encyclicals and five Apostolic Letters on the rosary, instituted the Catholic custom of daily rosary prayer during the month of October and, in 1883, added the invocation Queen of the most Holy Rosary to the Litany of Loreto.

* The world's most expensive grand piano sold at auction was built by Steinway's factory in New York City in 1883 – 87 ; it sold for $ 1. 2 million in 1997 at Christie's in London.

Many species were also described by Hemsley ( 1883 ), Richter ( 1897 ), Donnell Smith ( 1899 ), Rusby ( 1907, 1910 ), Huber ( 1910 ), Robinson ( 1912 ), Pittier ( 1917 ), Bailey ( 1922 ), and the most extensive number by Snethlage ( 1923, 1924 ).

The Metropolitan Opera has given the work a total of 67 times since it first appeared there on 5 December 1883, most recently in February 2000.

At the time of the foundation of the Mouride brotherhood in 1883, the French were in control of Senegal, as well as most of West and North Africa.

Charles William Siemens ( originally Carl Wilhelm Siemens and later Sir William Siemens ) ( 4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883 ) was a German-born engineer who for most of his life worked in Britain and later became a British subject.

The most famous of these " summer cottages " was Kragsyde, built on Smith's Point in 1883 and demolished in 1929.

Until its destruction by fire in about 1907, the mill was one of the most important on Grand Traverse Bay, cutting eight and one-half million feet of hardwood lumber in 1883.

Verndale's most famous citizen, General Lesley James McNair, was born on May 25, 1883, in Verndale, then a farming and mercantile community of 500.

in 1895, the town was renamed for prominent local cattle rancher, Pierre Wibaux, who had immigrated to the area from France in 1883.

Named for two prominent Cherokee brothers, the town was established in 1883 and opened a Cherokee school.

A split between the electorally oriented SLP and the revolution-minded IWPA, which took with it a good portion of the SLP's left wing, including such prominent leaders as the English-speaking orator Albert Parsons and the German-speaking newspaper editor August Spies, began to develop early in the 1880s, with the split formalized by 1883, a year in which the SLP and the IWPA held competing conventions, in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, respectively.

A. Allen, and William Brewster, sent letters to 48 prominent ornithologists inviting them " to attend a Convention of American Ornithologists, to be held in New York City, beginning on September 26, 1883, for the purpose of founding an American Ornithologists ' Union, upon a basis similar to that of the " British Ornithologists ' Union.

* Albrecht Alt ( 1883 – 1956 ): prominent in early debates about the religion of the biblical patriarchs ; he was also an important influence on the generation of mid-20th century German scholars, including Martin Noth and Gerhard von Rad.

Max Forrester Eastman ( January 4, 1883 – March 25, 1969 ) was an American writer on literature, philosophy and society, a poet, and a prominent political activist.

Denis McCullough ( 24 January 1883 – 11 September 1968 ) was a prominent Irish nationalist political activist in the early 20th century.

The first bank-the Australian Joint Stock Bank-was established in 1888 in a then prominent house known as Grandview built on Pymble Hill ca 1883 by the son of local hotelier Richard Porter.

He had three sons, Montgomery Blair ( 1813 – 1883 ), James Blair ( 1819-1852 ) and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. ( 1821 – 1875 ), two of whom were also prominent in American politics.

Ellis, Franklin History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men ( 1883 )

In 1883, Downey, along with his wife, Maria Jesus Guirado, the daughter of a prominent Spanish gentleman of Sonora, were involved in a train accident at Tehachapi Pass, when their train plunged into a ravine.

Another prominent building, the Hallwylerfestung ( Hallwyler Fortress ), was torn down in 1883 and replaced with a schoolhouse.

" He was also a prominent pioneer in education: he served on several commissions of enquiry and in 1883 he became the first vice-president of Cardiff University College.

Théo Van Rysselberghe was one of the prominent co-founders of the Belgian artistic circle Les XX on 28 October 1883.

Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Si Suriyawongse () ( personal name Chuang Bunnag ) December 23, 1808 – January 19, 1883 ) was a prominent 19th century Thai figure and served as the regent during the early years of the reign of King Chulalongkorn.

* Seow Poh Leng ( 1883 – 1942 ), a prominent and successful Singaporean banker, founding member of the Ho Hong Bank, member of the committee of the Straits Settlement ( Settlement of Singapore ) famous philanthropist and benefactor of public development works.

Hugh James Glenn ( 1824 – February 17, 1883 ) was a prominent businessman and politician in California.

Many details are rare examples of late 12th century " Norman Transitional " architecture The building was remodelled in 1883 by R Rowand Anderson a prominent Edinburgh architect.

Vladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseyenko (; ; 9 March 1883 – 10 February 1938 ), real surname Ovseyenko, party aliases the ' Bayonet ' ( Штык ) and ' Nikita ' ( Ники ́ та ), a literary pseudonym A. Gal ( А. Га ́ льский ), was a prominent Soviet Bolshevik leader and diplomat.