The Brooklyn Bridge is a suspension bridge over the East River that links the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and it opened on 24 May 1883. It was designed by the German-born engineer John A. Roebling, who died of an infection after an accident during the early surveys in 1869. His son Washington Roebling took over, but he was left severely ill by decompression sickness from working in the underwater caissons, and his wife Emily Warren Roebling played a major role in managing the construction. It was the first suspension bridge to use steel wire for its cables and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. Its granite and limestone towers with pointed arches have made it an enduring landmark of New York.
Before and after
- 14 March 1883Death of Karl Marx
- 30 April 1883Death of Édouard Manet
- from May 1883 to December 1885First Madagascar expedition
- 16 May 1883Birth of Celâl Bayar
- 24 May 1883Construction of Brooklyn Bridge
- from 5 June 1883 to 14 December 2009Orient Express
- 5 June 1883Birth of John Maynard Keynes
- 15 June 1883Bismarck introduces the first national health insurance
- 3 July 1883Birth of Franz Kafka
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- 1830Publication of Book of Mormon
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1907Rise of cubism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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