Timeline January 1883

Events in January 1883 2

• 1832 – 1883 Gustave Doré (1832-1883) Died 23 January 1883, aged 50 Doré was a French artist and illustrator famed for his engravings for the Bible, Dante's Inferno, and Don Quixote. His dramatic, densely detailed illustrations shaped the visual imagination of countless readers.
• 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act signed United States begins merit-based federal hiring President Chester A. Arthur signed the Pendleton Act on 16 January, establishing a merit-based system for federal government jobs and creating the Civil Service Commission. It ended much of the patronage-based spoils system following the 1881 assassination of President Garfield by a disappointed office seeker.