1882

Years:
1879 1880 1881 – 1882 – 1883 1884 1885

Decades:
1850s 1860s 1870s – 1880s – 1890s 1900s 1910s

Centuries:
18th century – 19th century – 20th century

1882 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Rail transport - Science - South Africa – Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

January 2 – John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust.
February 2 – The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut
February 7 – In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place.
February 14 – Llanelli Conservative Association founded.
March 2 – Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor
March 22 – Polygamy is outlawed by the U.S. Congress
March 24 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
March 29 – The Knights of Columbus are established.
March – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian claimed to be the 'Reformer of Islam or Majaddid' of 14th Century.
April 3 – Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.
May 2 – Charles Stewart Parnell released
May 20 – Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
June 30 – Assassin Charles Guiteau hanged
July 11 – British troops occupy Alexandria and Suez Canal
July 26 – Boers establish the republic of Stellaland in southern Africa.
August 5 – Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
August 20 – Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts in Moscow.
September 5 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
September 13 – British troops occupy Cairo – Egypt becomes British protectorate
16 October – The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

Nikola Tesla conceives rotating magnetic field principle and uses it to invent the alternating current generator/motor
First Polar Year, an international scientific program.
Ferdinand von Lindemann publishes his proof of the transcendentality of pi
Married Women's Property Act in Britain enables women to buy, own and sell property and to keep their own earnings
Zulu king Cetshwayo returns to South Africa
Peace treaty between Paraguay and Uruguay

May 6 – Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, heir of Kaiser Wilhelm II (d. 1951)
May 9 – Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (d. 1967)
May 9 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
May 13 – Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
May 16 – Anne McCormick, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1954)
May 19 – Mohammed Mossadegh, Iranian prime minister (d. 1967)
May 20 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author (d. 1949)
May 30 – Wyndham Halswelle, British runner (d. 1915)
June 9 – Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
June 15 – Ion Antonescu, Romanian prime minister and dictator (d. 1946)
June 17 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
August 14 – Gisela Richter, English art historian (d. 1972)
August 17 – Samuel Goldwyn, Hollywood movie mogul (d. 1974)
August 25 – Sean T. O'Kelly, second President of Ireland (d. 1966)
October 5 – Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
October 6 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (d. 1937)
October 14 – Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (d. 1975)
October 14 – Charlie Parker, English cricketer (d. 1959)
November 11 – King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)
December 9 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949)
December 11 – Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil Indian poet (d. 1921)
December 16 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)

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