What happened in 1882

26 events　World 1, Japan 2, North America 7, Europe 9, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 2, Middle East 2, Africa 2

Highlights of 1882

May 20EuropeThe Triple Alliance is formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
Jul 11Middle EastAnglo-Egyptian War: The British Mediterranean Fleet carries out the Bombardment of Alexandria, its forces capturing the city of Alexandria, Egypt, and securing the Suez Canal.
Aug 5North AmericaStandard Oil of New Jersey, the company later known as ExxonMobil, is established.
Aug 20USSR / RussiaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
Oct 14AsiaThe University of the Punjab at Lahore (British India), is founded in modern-day Pakistan.
Oct 21JapanWaseda University is founded by Shigenobu Ōkuma in Japan as Tokyo Specializing School.

Oct 10The Bank of Japan opens in Tokyo City.
Oct 21Waseda University is founded by Shigenobu Ōkuma in Japan as Tokyo Specializing School.

Jan 2The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
Feb 4Charles J. Guiteau, the murderer of President James A. Garfield, is sentenced to death (found guilty on January 25), despite an insanity defense raised by his lawyer.
Mar 29The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal service organization, is founded in New Haven, Connecticut.
Apr 3Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back of the head and killed by Robert Ford in St. Joseph, Missouri.
May 6The Chinese Exclusion Act, prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers, is the first law which restricts immigration into the United States.
Jun 30U.S. presidential assassin Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C.
Aug 5Standard Oil of New Jersey, the company later known as ExxonMobil, is established.

Mar 28German medical products company Beiersdorf is founded.
MarMarch 6 (February 22 Old Style) – The Principality of Serbia becomes the Kingdom of Serbia following a proclamation.
May 1The Berlin Philharmonic orchestra is founded in Germany, as Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle.
May 1Édouard Manet exhibits his painting A Bar at the Folies-Bergère at the Paris Salon.
May 6Phoenix Park Murders in Ireland: Lord Frederick Cavendish, the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, his Permanent Undersecretary, are fatally stabbed in Phoenix Park, Dublin, by members of the Irish National Invincibles (militant Irish republicans).
May 20The Triple Alliance is formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
Jul 26Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal debuts, at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in Bavaria.
Aug 18The Married Women's Property Act 1882 receives royal assent in Britain; it enables women to buy, own and sell property, and to keep their own earnings.
Sep 13Selwyn College, Cambridge, is founded after Queen Victoria grants a Charter of Incorporation.

Jul 23The Imo Incident occurs in Seoul, Korea, as a result of bad rations and late payment for soldiers of the Joseon Army.
Oct 14The University of the Punjab at Lahore (British India), is founded in modern-day Pakistan.

Jul 11Anglo-Egyptian War: The British Mediterranean Fleet carries out the Bombardment of Alexandria, its forces capturing the city of Alexandria, Egypt, and securing the Suez Canal.
Sep 13Anglo-Egyptian War: British troops occupy Cairo, and Egypt becomes a British protectorate.