Historical Events In 1882

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

Jan 01   In the year 1882 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   Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust in the year 1882.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)  

Jan 12   In the year 1882 jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist  

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

Jan 14   Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America) in the year 1882.  

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

Jan 15   In the year 1882 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   The first Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies in the year 1882.  

Jan 21   Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms in the year 1882.  

Jan 25   Peter Singer, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1882.  

Jan 25   The birth of Virginia Woolf, English novelist in the year 1882.  

Jan 25   On this day in history virginia [Adeline] Woolf, London, author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse)  

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

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   On this day in history franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945)  

Jan 30   On this day in history the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President  

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

Jan 31   In the year 1882 the birth of Anna Pavlova, Celebrated Russian prima ballerina  

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 in the year 1882.  

Feb 02   In the year 1882 james Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake)  

Feb 02   In the year 1882 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   W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD) was born in the year 1882.  

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

Jan 04   Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1882 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   Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour) was born in the year 1882.  

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   Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815) died on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies in the year 1882.  

Jan 21   Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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