Editing 1883 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The [[SS Daphne (1883)|SS ''Daphne'']] sinks on launch in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, leaving 124 dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3340|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707071835/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3340|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-07-07|title=SS Daphne|work=Clydebuilt Database|access-date=2014-06-23}}</ref>
* [[July 4]] &ndash; The world's first [[rodeo]] is held in [[Pecos, Texas]].
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Zulu people|Zulu]] King [[Cetshwayo]] barely escapes a rebel attack with his life.
* [[August]] &ndash; [[King William's College]] is opened on the [[Isle of Man]].
* [[August 12]] &ndash; The last [[quagga]] dies at the [[Artis Magistra zoo]] in [[Amsterdam]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[1883 Rochester tornado]]: An F5 tornado strikes [[Rochester, Minnesota]], leading to the creation of the [[Mayo Clinic]].
* [[August 26]]&ndash;[[August 27|27]] &ndash; [[1883 eruption of Krakatoa]]: The [[Volcano|volcanic]] [[island]] of [[Krakatoa]] erupts at 10:02 am (local time); 163 villages are destroyed, 36,417 killed by tsunami.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Dunfermline Carnegie Library]], the first [[Carnegie library]], is opened in [[Andrew Carnegie]]'s hometown, [[Dunfermline]], Scotland.
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo XIII]] publishes the encyclical ''[[Supremi apostolatus officio]]'' ("On Devotion of the Rosary").
* [[September 11]] &ndash; Major [[Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer|Evelyn Baring]] becomes [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Egypt|Consul-General]] of [[History of Egypt under the British|Egypt under British rule]].
* [[September 15]]
** The [[Bombay Natural History Society]] is founded in India.
** The [[University of Texas at Austin]] opens to students.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; A consortium of flour mill operators in [[Minneapolis]] forms the [[Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway]], as a means to get their product to the [[Great Lakes]] ports, avoiding the high tariffs of Chicago.