Page 3: Historical Events In 1882

Mar 03   Floris H L Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp   

Mar 03   New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings   

Mar 03   NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings   

Mar 04   Britain's inaugural electric trams run in East London   

Mar 06   Guy Kibbee, El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot)   

Mar 06   Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king.   

Mar 09   False teeth patented.   

Mar 11   Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ   

Mar 16   US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross.   

Mar 18   Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer.   

Mar 19   Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)   

Mar 20   René Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)   

Mar 21   Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR   

Mar 22   Congress outlaws polygamy (again); bad news for Mormons   

Mar 22   Edmunds Act adopted by US to suppress polygamy in the territories.   

Mar 23   C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia   

Mar 23   SECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.   

Mar 24   German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB.   

Mar 24   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died.   

Mar 24   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75.   

Mar 25   1st demonstration of pancake making (Dept store in NYC).   

Mar 25   Haydn Wood, composer.   

Mar 25   The inaugural demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York NY)   

Mar 29   Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men.   

Mar 30   Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis.   

Apr 03   Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71   

Apr 03   Simon Elzinga, Dutch educator   

Apr 03   Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks.   

Apr 04   Mary Howe, composer   

Apr 05   Don Blackie, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46).   

Apr 07   Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33).   

Apr 09   D G Rossetti, writer, dies at 53.   

Apr 10   Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco and Hawaii)   

Apr 10   Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist (Fear and Religion)   

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Jan 01   W c wendelaar: Mayor of alkmaar (1919-34)/dutch mp (vvd)   

Jan 03   Willem benoy: Flemish actor/director (pygmalion)   

Jan 04   Aristarkh lentulov: Russian artist   

Jan 05   Herbert bayard swope: U.s. journalist who coined the term "cold war"    

Jan 06   Samuel rayburn: Tenn, (rep-d-tx), speaker of the house (1940-57)   

Jan 06   Aleksandra ekster: Russian painter   

Jan 06   Fan s. noli: Albanian bishop   

Jan 10   Charles trowbridge: Vera cruz mexico, actor (fatal hour)   

Jan 03   William h ainsworth: English writer (guy fawkes),    

Jan 04   John william draper: English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)   

Jan 06   Richard henry dana: U.s. novelist (two years before the mast) (b. 1815)   

Jan 11   Theodor schwann: German physiologist (b. 1810)   

Jan 13   Wilhelm mauser: German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)   

Jan 20   John linnell: British painter/minaturist/engraver,    

Jan 21   Anton emil titl: Composer,   

Jan 24   Levi boone: Mayor of chicago (b. 1808)