Historical Events In 1882

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

May 20   Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance on this day in history.  

May 20   Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) in the year 1882.  

May 20   On this day in history st Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens  

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   In the year 1882 james Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)  

May 24   Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East) in the year 1882.  

May 25   Harry Fox, entertainer on this day in history.  

May 27   10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5 in the year 1882.  

Jun 01   John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Abraham Lincoln) in the year 1882.  

Jun 02   On this day in history guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74  

Jun 02   In the year 1882 pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris  

Jun 04   On this day in history karl Valentin, German comic/writer  

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

Jun 05   In the year 1882 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   In the year 1882 cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000  

Jun 06   Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC in the year 1882.  

Jun 08   In the year 1882 16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43  

Jun 10   On this day in history anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans  

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

Jun 14   Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia on this day in history.  

Jun 16   In the year 1882 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa  

Jun 17   In the year 1882 igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]  

Jun 17   In the year 1882 the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor  

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

Jun 18   Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28] in the year 1882.  

Jun 21   On this day in history rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)  

Jun 24   Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jun 24   NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty in the year 1882.  

Jun 27   On this day in history eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator  

Jun 30   Charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria) in the year 1882.  

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Jan 01   W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1882 birth of aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943)  

Jan 05   Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1882 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   On this day in history death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)