Year by year · 19th century

1882

1882 in world history: 9 events, 27 births, 15 deaths, 3 works, 5 states founded and 3 that came to an end. 945 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 30 January

    Franklin D. Roosevelt is born at Hyde Park, New York

    Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression and most of the Second World War. He is the only president elected four times.

    Second World WarUnited StatesNew York

  2. 24 March

    Robert Koch identifies the tuberculosis bacterium

    In a lecture in Berlin, Koch showed that tuberculosis, then causing about one in seven deaths in Europe, was caused by a bacterium. 24 March is now World Tuberculosis Day.

  3. 3 April

    Robert Ford shoots outlaw Jesse James in Missouri

    Jesse James was shot dead at his home in St Joseph by Robert Ford, a member of his own gang hoping for a reward. The killing turned the train and bank robber into an enduring figure of American folklore.

  4. 6 May

    Chester Arthur signs the Chinese Exclusion Act

    The law suspended the immigration of Chinese labourers and barred Chinese immigrants from citizenship. It was the first major US law to exclude a group by nationality and was repealed only in 1943.

  5. 20 August

    Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture has its premiere in Moscow

    Tchaikovsky's overture marking Russia's defeat of Napoleon was first performed in a tent near the unfinished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Its cannon and bells made it a perennial favourite.

    NapoleonMoscow

  6. Revolt

    Imo Incident

    The Imo Incident was a mutiny by unpaid soldiers in Seoul in July 1882.

  7. Battle

    Battle of Embabo

    The Battle of Embabo was fought on 6 June 1882 in western Ethiopia between King Menelik of Shewa and King Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, rivals for the Oromo lands south of the Abay.

  8. Treaty

    Triple Alliance (1882)

    The Triple Alliance was a secret defensive alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, concluded on 20 May 1882 and renewed several times.

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In the profiles

  • Italian EmpireThe Italian government takes over Assab Bay on the Red Sea, its first colonial foothold

Born in 1882 27

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Died in 1882 15

Works 3

States founded 5

States that came to an end 3

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