Historical Events In 1882

May 19   Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power on this day in history.  

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

May 20   Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) on this day in history.  

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

May 21   Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) in the year 1882.  

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) on this day in history.  

May 25   On this day in history harry Fox, entertainer  

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

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

Jun 02   Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jun 02   Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris on this day in history.  

Jun 04   In the year 1882 karl Valentin, German comic/writer  

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

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   Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 10   In the year 1882 anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans  

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

Jun 14   In the year 1882 ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia  

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

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 in the year 1882.  

Jun 17   Tornado kills 130 in Iowa on this day in history.  

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

Jun 21   In the year 1882 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   In the year 1882 nL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty  

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

Jun 30   Charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged in the year 1882.  

Jul 02   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history death of john William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1882.  

Jan 21   In the year 1882 anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72  

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