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

Jan 12   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history 1st US ski club forms (Berlin NH)  

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) in the year 1882.  

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 in the year 1882.  

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1882 peter Singer, composer, dies at 71  

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   On this day in history france govt of Gambetta falls  

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   In the year 1882 the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Former (32nd) American President  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1882.  

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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   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   Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949) was born in the year 1882.  

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   In the year 1882 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   In the year 1882 death of richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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