Historical Events In 1882

Jan 01   W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD) on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history william Cornelius Van Horne is appointed General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne succeeded in laying 480 miles of track across the Prairies in the summer of 1882.  

Jan 02   On this day in history because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust  

Jan 03   Willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion) in the year 1882.  

Jan 03   In the year 1882 william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76  

Jan 06   Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57) in the year 1882.  

Jan 10   In the year 1882 charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)  

Jan 12   Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist in the year 1882.  

Jan 13   Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal" in the year 1882.  

Jan 14   Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America) on this day in history.  

Jan 15   1st US ski club forms (Berlin NH) in the year 1882.  

Jan 15   On this day in history florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist (Polish Peasant in Europe)  

Jan 15   The First US ski club forms (Berlin NH) on this day in history.  

Jan 17   1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1882 the first Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office  

Jan 18   In the year 1882 alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)  

Jan 20   On this day in history john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies  

Jan 21   On this day in history anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72  

Jan 25   On this day in history bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms  

Jan 25   Peter Singer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   The birth of Virginia Woolf, English novelist on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Virginia [Adeline] Woolf, London, author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse) in the year 1882.  

Jan 26   France government of Gambetta falls in the year 1882.  

Jan 26   France govt of Gambetta falls on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)  

Jan 30   Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945) on this day in history.  

Jan 30   The birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President in the year 1882.  

Jan 31   On this day in history anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer  

Jan 31   The birth of Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina in the year 1882.  

Feb 01   Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) on this day in history.  

Feb 02   Fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake) in the year 1882.  

Feb 02   On this day in history knights of Columbus forms in New Haven CT  

Feb 02   Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1882 birth of w C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD)  

Jan 03   In the year 1882 birth of willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)  

Jan 04   In the year 1882 birth of aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943)  

Jan 05   In the year 1882 birth of herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)  

Jan 06   In the year 1882 birth of aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)  

Jan 06   Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1882 birth of charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)  

Jan 03   In the year 1882 william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)  

Jan 06   Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815) died in the year 1882.  

Jan 11   In the year 1882 death of theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)  

Jan 13   Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies  

Jan 21   In the year 1882 anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72  

Jan 24   On this day in history death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)