18 February 1883, Death of Francis Abbott in Hobart, Tasmania, (Australia)

19 March 1883 Birth of Walter Norman Haworth

24 June 1883 Birth of Victor Franz Hess

6 July 1883 Birth of Arnold Kohlschütter in Halle, Germany

26 June 1883, Death of Edward Sabine in Richmond / London, England

15 August 1883 Birth of Leslie John Comrie in Pukekoke, New Zealand

19 August 1883 Birth of Leonid Alexyevich Kulik in Tartu, Estonia

6 October 1883 Birth of Roscoe Frank Sanford, in Faribault, Minnesota, USA

1883 Birth of Pentti Elias Eskola

1883 Death of Sir Charles William Siemens