7 events found for 1882
Irish civil servants Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish were stabbed to death by members of the radical Iri
The British merchant ship Virago sank off Alderney with the loss of 26 crew
The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa wit
Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as…
A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the…
The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private…