What Happened in October 1882

Historical Events

Meeting of Interest

Oct 19 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza meets Henry Morton Stanley

Journalist and Explorer Henry Morton Stanley

Explorer of the Congo Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

Oct 28 Athletics reveal $22,000 profit in their 1st season in the American Association

Events in 1882

Famous Birthdays

Oct 2 Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander, born in Zlatoust, Ufa Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1945)
Oct 3 A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (Group of Seven), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1974)

Günther von Kluge (1882-1944)

Oct 3 German field marshal during World War II (Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa), born in Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

Oct 5 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (Solar physics), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1982)

Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945)

Oct 5 American rocket pioneer (invented and built the first liquid-fueled rocket), born in Worcester, Massachusetts

Oct 6 Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (Symphony No. 3 - Song Of The Night), born in Tymoszówka, Russian Empire (now Tymoshivka, Ukraine) (d. 1937)
Oct 11 R. Nathaniel Dett, Canadian-American pianist, organist, choral director, and composer (In The Bottoms), born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (d. 1943)
Oct 11 Will Vesper, German author (Vom grossen Krieg), born in Wuppertal, Germany (d. 1962)
Oct 12 Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist and composer, born in Göttingen, Germany (d. 1954)
Oct 12 Pete Hill, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NgL lifetime batting average: .326) and manager (Detroit Stars, Baltimore Black Sox), born in Culpeper, Virginia (d. 1951)
Oct 14 Charlie Parker, English cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test), born in Prestbury, Gloucestershire (d. 1959)

Éamon de Valera (1882-1975)

Oct 14 Irish republican politician and President of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59), born in New York City

Oct 15 Charley O'Leary, American baseball shortstop (Detroit Tigers; oldest MLB player to collect a hit and score a run [58] St. Louis Browns 1934), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1941)
Oct 18 Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), born in Plessé, France (d. 1917)
Oct 19 Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space), born in Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 1916)
Oct 19 Vincas Krevė-Mickevičius, Lithuanian poet, philologist and playwright (founder of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences), born in Subartonys, Lithuania (d. 1954)

Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)

Oct 20 Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire

Oct 24 Emmerich Kálmán, Hungarian composer of operettas, born in Siófok, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)
Oct 24 Sybil Thorndike, British actress (Stage Fright, Gone to Earth), born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire (d. 1976)
Oct 25 Tony Jackson, American ragtime pianist and singer-songwriter ("Pretty Baby"), born in New Orleans (d. 1921)
Oct 29 Jean Giraudoux, French writer and playwright (The Madwoman of Chaillot), born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France (d. 1944)
Oct 30 William Halsey Jr., US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1959)

Born in 1882