1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1883rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 883rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1883, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s |
| Years: | 1880 1881 1882 – 1883 – 1884 1885 1886 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1883 MDCCCLXXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2636 |
| Armenian calendar | 1332 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6633 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 39–40 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1804–1805 |
| Bengali calendar | 1290 |
| Berber calendar | 2833 |
| British Regnal year | 46 Vict. 1 – 47 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2427 |
| Burmese calendar | 1245 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7391–7392 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4579 or 4519 — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 4580 or 4520 |
| Coptic calendar | 1599–1600 |
| Discordian calendar | 3049 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1875–1876 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5643–5644 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1939–1940 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1804–1805 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4983–4984 |
| Holocene calendar | 11883 |
| Igbo calendar | 883–884 |
| Iranian calendar | 1261–1262 |
| Islamic calendar | 1300–1301 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 16 (明治１６年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1812–1813 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4216 |
| Minguo calendar | 29 before ROC 民前29年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 415 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2425–2426 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 2009 or 1628 or 856 — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 2010 or 1629 or 857 |
Births
change- February 7 – Eubie Blake, American musician and composer
- April 5 - Walter Huston, Canadian actor (d. 1950)
- April 7 – Gino Severini Italian painter (d. 1966)
- April 15 – Stanley Bruce, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
- July 29 – Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator