WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1882
Find out what all happened March to June 1882

The Serbian kingdom is re-founded. (6. March 1882)

More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour. (6. June 1882)

The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin. (29. April 1882)

The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone. (28. June 1882)

Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. (24. March 1882)

The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed. (20. May 1882)

The Knights of Columbus are established. (29. March 1882)

American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford. (3. April 1882)

The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act. (6. May 1882)

Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor. (2. March 1882)

The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River. (6. June 1882)

Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. (30. June 1882)

Britain's first electric trams run in east London. (4. March 1882)

Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed and killed during the Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin. (6. May 1882)

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