1883

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.

• May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge opens to traffic.

• 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

• March 14 – Karl Marx, German philosopher
• August 23 – Sarah Yorke Jackson, American First Lady

• Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi