Historical Events In 1882

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

May 20   Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance in the year 1882.  

May 20   On this day in history sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928)  

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

May 21   In the year 1882 georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)  

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

May 23   James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool) in the year 1882.  

May 24   On this day in history creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East)  

May 25   In the year 1882 harry Fox, entertainer  

May 27   On this day in history 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5  

Jun 01   In the year 1882 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 05   On this day in history storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die  

Jun 05   On this day in history the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor  

Jun 06   Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 in the year 1882.  

Jun 06   In the year 1882 electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC  

Jun 08   On this day in history 16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43  

Jun 10   Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans in the year 1882.  

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

Jun 14   On this day in history ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia  

Jun 16   On this day in history 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa  

Jun 17   Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS] in the year 1882.  

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

Jun 17   Tornado kills 130 in Iowa in the year 1882.  

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

Jun 21   On this day in history 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   NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty in the year 1882.  

Jun 27   Eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1882 charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged  

Jul 02   In the year 1882 edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria)  

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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   Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943) was born in the year 1882.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 24   Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808) died on this day in history.