Historical Events In 1882

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust  

Jan 03   On this day in history willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1882 samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)  

Jan 10   Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour) on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1882 hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America)  

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

Jan 15   Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist (Polish Peasant in Europe) in the year 1882.  

Jan 15   On this day in history the First US ski club forms (Berlin NH)  

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   On this day in history alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)  

Jan 20   In the year 1882 john Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1882 giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano)  

Jan 30   Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945) in the year 1882.  

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

Jan 31   Anna Pavlova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina/choreographer on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1882.  

Feb 02   On this day in history fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63  

Feb 02   James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake) on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of w C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1882 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   On this day in history birth of fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)  

Jan 10   Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) died in the year 1882.  

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

Jan 11   Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810) died in the year 1882.  

Jan 13   In the year 1882 death of wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)  

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1882 death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)