Editing 1883 (section)

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* [[Antoni Gaudí]] begins to work on the [[Sagrada Família]] Cathedral in [[Barcelona]] (it will be [[consecrated]] in [[2010]]).
* Construction of [[Speicherstadt]] as a [[List of free ports|free zone]] in the [[Port of Hamburg]] begins.
* During construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] in 1883, blasting and excavation reveal high concentrations of [[nickel]]–[[copper]] [[ore]] at [[Murray Mine]], on the edge of the [[Sudbury Basin]], located near [[Sudbury, Ontario]], Canada.
* The [[British Parliament]] considers a major bill to allow Indian judges to try Europeans in India. The British community rises in protest, and defeats the measure.
* The Mexican government passes a law allowing real estate companies (controlled by General [[Porfirio Díaz]]'s political associates) to survey public and "vacant" lands, and to retain one third of the land they survey.
* [[Bernard Kroger]] establishes the first [[Kroger]] [[grocery store]], in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].
* The first [[purebred]] [[Percheron]] (horse) [[stud book]] is created in France.
* [[ASEA]] is founded by Ludvig Fredholm in [[Sweden]], predecessor of the global electronic equipment and engineering business [[ABB]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jan|last=Glete|authorlink=Jan Glete|title=Asea under hundra år: 1883-1983|location=Västerås|year=1987}}</ref>
* Founding of:
** [[Houghton College]] in New York State
** [[Wagner College]] in New York City
** [[Baltimore Polytechnic Institute]] in Maryland
** [[Raith Rovers F.C.]] in Scotland
** The Black Arabs F.C (later [[Bristol Rovers]]) in England
** [[Dunstable Town F.C.]] in England