1882 - What happened in 1882 ?

January 1882

Monday 02:

John D. Rockefeller unites his oil holdings into the Standard Oil trust.

Monday 09:

Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.

February 1882

Thursday 02:

The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut.

Tuesday 07:

In Mississippi City, Mississippi, the last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place.

March 1882

Friday 24:

Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).

Wednesday 29:

The Knights of Columbus are established.

April 1882

Monday 03:

American Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed in Saint Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.

Monday 17:

Copies of Pat Garrett's biography of Billy the Kid, An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, arrive at the Library of Congress.

May 1882

Saturday 20:

The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.

June 1882

Tuesday 06:

More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.

August 1882

Saturday 05:

Martial law is enacted in Japan.

Sunday 20:

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.

September 1882

Tuesday 05:

The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.

Saturday 30:

The world's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.

October 1882

Saturday 07:

First World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0.

Monday 16:

The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.