Editing 1883 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]]
** [[Sydney Boys High School]] is founded in Sydney, Australia, the country's first state high school.
** In [[Amsterdam]], the first [[International Colonial and Export Exhibition]] closes, having had over 1&nbsp;million visitors.
* [[October 4]]
** The [[Boys' Brigade]] (the first uniformed youth organization in existence) is founded in [[Glasgow]], Scotland.
** The [[Orient Express]] train begins to run through from [[Gare de Paris-Est|Paris Gare de l'Est]] to [[Giurgiu]] in Romania, with onward ferry and train connections to [[Istanbul]] (the train has been running since [[June 5]] as far as Vienna).
* [[October 15]] &ndash; In five [[Civil Rights Cases]] the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declares part of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1875]] to be unconstitutional, allowing individuals and corporations to discriminate based on [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]].
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Peru]] and [[Chile]] sign the [[Treaty of Ancón]], by which the [[Tarapacá Region|Tarapacá]] province is ceded to Chile, ending Peru's involvement in the [[War of the Pacific]].
* [[October 22]] &ndash; The [[Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram]] in Vienna (Austria) is the first [[electric tram]] powered by [[overhead wire]].
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Cardiff University]], Wales, opens (under the name of University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire).
* [[October 30]] &ndash; Two [[Clan na Gael]] [[dynamite]] bombs explode in the [[London Underground]], injuring several people. The next day, British [[Home Secretary]] [[William Vernon Harcourt (politician)|Vernon Harcourt]] drafts 300 policemen to guard the underground, and introduces the Explosives Bill.
* [[November 3]]
** The 14th Century AH begins in the [[Islamic calendar]] on the 1st of Muharram, 1301 AH. 
** [[American Old West]]: Self-described ''[[Black Bart (outlaw)|Black Bart]] the Po-8'' makes his last [[stagecoach]] robbery, but leaves a handkerchief with a laundry mark that eventually leads to his capture.
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Library of Congress of Chile|Chile's National Library of Congress]] is founded.
* [[November 18]] &ndash; U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental [[time zone]]s, ending the confusion of thousands of [[Time_in_the_United_States#History|local times]].
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Whitman College]] is chartered as a 4-year college in [[Walla Walla, Washington]].
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Battleford Industrial School]], the first government-operated [[Canadian Indian residential school system|Indian residential school]] opens in Canada.
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Bisbee Massacre]]: Five people are killed in the robbery of a general store by bandits in [[Bisbee, Arizona]].<ref>"Bisbee Massacre", in ''The Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters'', Leon Claire Metz, ed. (Infobase Publishing, 2002) p25.</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Tonkin Campaign]]: French forces capture the [[Sơn Tây]] citadel.
* [[December 21]] &ndash;  The [[Royal Canadian Dragoons]] and The [[Royal Canadian Regiment]], the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[The Harbour Grace Affray]] takes place in  [[Harbour Grace]], [[Colony of Newfoundland]].