3 January 1882QuoteOscar Wilde
Tells US customs officers, "I have nothing to declare except my genius"
Historical records for Great Britain in 1882, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Tells US customs officers, "I have nothing to declare except my genius"
Birth of Alan Milne, creator of "Winnie the Pooh"
The future creator of Winnie-the-Pooh is born in Kilburn.
Alan Alexander Milne is born in London.
Birth of Virginia Woolf
Virginia Stephen, later Virginia Woolf, is born in London.
The future modernist writer is born at Hyde Park Gate.
Robert Maclean tries unsuccessfully to assassinate Queen Victoria
Robert Maclean tries unsuccessfully to assassinate Queen Victoria
Hugh Dowding is born in Moffat, Scotland.
The future commander of RAF Fighter Command is born.
Irish National Invincibles kill Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke.
Is murdered in Phoenix Park on the day he reaches Dublin.
British warships attack coastal defences during the Egyptian crisis.
Bombards Alexandria during the intervention that leads to British occupation of Egypt and control of the canal route.
Orders the bombardment of Egyptian forts at Alexandria.
British forces defeat an Egyptian attack near Kassassin.
Wolseley's army secures its position during the canal-zone campaign.
The victory clears the way for the advance toward Tel el-Kebir.
British forces defeat another Egyptian attack at Kassassin.
Defeats Urabi's army in a surprise dawn attack.
The decisive victory breaks organized Egyptian resistance.
The occupation completes the rapid defeat of Urabi's army.
His government establishes effective British control after the military victory.
British forces enter Cairo after victory at Tel el-Kebir.
Britain remains in Egypt after restoring Khedive Tewfik's authority.
Authorises military occupation of Egypt, giving Britain effective control over the canal zone while Egypt remains formally Ottoman.
Kilmainham Treaty between Parnell & the Government, Parnell is released
Parnell seeks to use his experience and huge support to advance his pursuit of Home Rule and resurrect the suppressed Land League as the Irish National League (INL). Combines moderate agrarianism, a Home Rule programme with electoral functions, is hierarchical and autocratic in structure with Parnell wielding immense authority and direct Parliamentary control
Parnell leaves the day-to-day running of the INL in the hands of his lieutenants Timothy Harrington as Secretary, William OBrien editor of its newspaper United Ireland and Timothy Healy
Parnell leaves the day-to-day running of the INL in the hands of his lieutenants Timothy Harrington as Secretary, William OBrien editor of its newspaper United Ireland and Timothy Healy
Parnell leaves the day-to-day running of the INL in the hands of his lieutenants Timothy Harrington as Secretary, William OBrien editor of its newspaper United Ireland and Timothy Healy
Combines moderate agrarianism, a Home Rule programme with electoral functions, is hierarchical and autocratic in structure with Parnell wielding immense authority and direct Parliamentary control
Parnell leaves the day-to-day running of the INL in the hands of his lieutenants Timothy Harrington as Secretary, William OBrien editor of its newspaper United Ireland and Timothy Healy.
Parnell seeks to use his experience and huge support to advance his pursuit of Home Rule and resurrect the suppressed Land League as the Irish National League (INL).
The informal alliance between the new, tightly disciplined INL and the Catholic Church is one of the main factors for the revitalisation of the national Home Rule.
Parnell seeks to use his experience and huge support to advance his pursuit of Home Rule and resurrect the suppressed Land League as the Irish National League (INL)
Death of Anthony Trollope
The future astrophysicist and relativity advocate is born.
Birth of Arthur Eddington
Arthur Stanley Eddington is born in Kendal, Westmorland.
Transfers to Egyptian service and begins the phase of his career that leads to command in the Sudan.
Birth of Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Advocates free education, graduated taxation & small holdings of "three acres & a cow"
Awarded the Copley Medal from the Royal Society
Receives the Royal Society's Copley Medal.
Warwickshire establishes a permanent cricket ground at Edgbaston.
Carden serves with the Royal Navy during the Egyptian campaign, gaining early active-service experience.
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
The invasion of Egypt protects the Suez Canal and prevents anarchy in the wake of the Urabi Revolt and the riots in Alexandria and protects the interests of British investors with assets in Egypt and boosts the political popularity of the Liberal Party
Establishes the Irish Coercion Act, which permits the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to detain people for as "long as was thought necessary", as there was much rural disturbance in Ireland and Cavendish, the Irish Secretary, was assassinated by Irish terrorists in Dublin
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
This record states: Establishes the Irish Coercion Act, which permits the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to detain people for as "long as was thought necessary", as there was much rural disturbance in Ireland and Cavendish, the Irish Secretary.
This record states: Passes the Second Land Act (the First, in 1870, had entitled Irish tenants, if evicted, to compensation for improvements which they had made on their property, but had had little effect).
This record states: Was assassinated by Irish terrorists in Dublin.
This record states: Which gives Irish tenants the "3Fs" fair rent, fixity of tenure and free sale.
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Resigns over British intervention in Egypt
Originally intended to retire at the end of 1882, the fiftieth anniversary of his entry into politics, but in the event doees not do so
The award recognizes Cayley's major contributions to mathematics.
Gladstone orders the bombardment of Alexandria, starting the Anglo-Egyptian War, which results in the occupation of Egypt
In 1882, as part of a wholescale move from being an informal alliance to a cohesive unified, whipped political movement Parnell renames the Home Rule League the Irish Parliamentary Party to pursue Irish Home Rule
Passes the Second Land Act (the First, in 1870, had entitled Irish tenants, if evicted, to compensation for improvements which they had made on their property, but had had little effect) which gives Irish tenants the "3Fs" fair rent, fixity of tenure and free sale
Appointed Secretary of State for War, 2nd term
Gladstone orders the bombardment of Alexandria, starting the Anglo-Egyptian War, which results in the occupation of Egypt
The invasion of Egypt protects the Suez Canal and prevents anarchy in the wake of the Urabi Revolt and the riots in Alexandria and protects the interests of British investors with assets in Egypt and boosts the political popularity of the Liberal Party
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