March 1882 in History

Events in History

Assassination Attempt

Mar 2 Queen Victoria narrowly escapes assassination when Roderick Maclean shoots at her while boarding a train in Windsor

Mar 3 NY Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings
Mar 4 Britain's first electric trams run in East London
Mar 6 Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
Mar 11 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton, New Jersey

Voyage of Discovery

Mar 11 Fridtjof Nansen sets out on a sea voyage to study Arctic zoology

First Geneva Convention

Mar 16 U.S. Senate ratifies the Geneva Convention of 1864, legitimatizing the International Red Cross and the American Red Cross

Major European powers sign the first-ever Geneva Convention

Mar 18 Morgan Earp is assassinated by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone

Historic Event

Mar 19 1st stone laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí

Mar 23 The Edmunds Act (Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act) is adopted by the US to suppress polygamy. 1300 men are later imprisoned under the act

Scientific Discovery

Mar 24 German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), and establishes germ theory

Mar 25 1st demonstration of pancake making, held at a department store in NYC
Mar 29 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men

Birthdays in History

Mar 3 Floris H L Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp
Mar 3 Charles Ponzi [Carlo], Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US), born in Lugo, Italy (d. 1949)
Mar 4 Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (d. 1941)
Mar 6 F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (d. 1980)
Mar 6 Geoffrey Mander, English industrialist (Mander Brothers Ltd.), born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1962)
Mar 14 Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (Sierpinski triangle), born in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1969)
Mar 19 Gaston Lachaise, American sculptor (Standing Woman), born in Paris, France (d. 1935)
Mar 20 René Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
Mar 23 C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia
Mar 23 Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)
Mar 26 Hermann Obrecht, Swiss jurist, member of the Swiss Federal Council, born in Grenchen, Switzerland (d. 1940)