Historical Events In 1882

May 19   Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power in the year 1882.  

May 20   Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance on this day in history.  

May 20   Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) in the year 1882.  

May 20   St Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens in the year 1882.  

May 21   Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) in the year 1882.  

May 23   6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa in the year 1882.  

May 23   In the year 1882 james Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)  

May 24   Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East) in the year 1882.  

May 25   On this day in history harry Fox, entertainer  

May 27   10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5 in the year 1882.  

Jun 01   On this day in history john Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Abraham Lincoln)  

Jun 02   On this day in history guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74  

Jun 02   Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris on this day in history.  

Jun 04   Karl Valentin, German comic/writer in the year 1882.  

Jun 05   On this day in history igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]  

Jun 05   Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die on this day in history.  

Jun 05   The birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor in the year 1882.  

Jun 06   On this day in history cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000  

Jun 06   On this day in history electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC  

Jun 08   16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43 in the year 1882.  

Jun 10   Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans on this day in history.  

Jun 10   Neville Henderson, British diplomat in the year 1882.  

Jun 14   In the year 1882 ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia  

Jun 16   17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa in the year 1882.  

Jun 17   On this day in history igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]  

Jun 17   The birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor on this day in history.  

Jun 17   In the year 1882 tornado kills 130 in Iowa  

Jun 18   On this day in history georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]  

Jun 21   In the year 1882 rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)  

Jun 24   In the year 1882 joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60  

Jun 24   In the year 1882 nL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty  

Jun 27   Eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator in the year 1882.  

Jun 30   On this day in history charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged  

Jul 02   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria) 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   Willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion) was born in the year 1882.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943)  

Jan 05   Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)  

Jan 06   In the year 1882 birth of fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)  

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

Jan 03   William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76 in the year 1882.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)  

Jan 11   Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810) died on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history death of wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)  

Jan 20   John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1882.  

Jan 24   Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808) died in the year 1882.