1882 deaths

English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882)

American philosopher (1803–1882)

Italian general, patriot and republican (1807–1882)

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)

German chemist (1800-1882)

French diplomat and writer known for racial theories (1816–1882)

German physiologist (1810–1882)

English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)

First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

French politician (1838-1882)

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer (1822-1882)

Russian painter (1834-1882)

Estonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg (1803–1882)

German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882)

Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and translator (1817–1882)

Italian painter (1791–1882)

English economist and logician

French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)

French politician and historian (1811-1882)

German author (1812–1882)

American physician and astronomer (1837–1882)

Russian general (1843–1882)

British philosopher (1836-1882)

Italian presbyter and missionary (1838-1882)

British-American academic (1811-1882)

Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop (1813–1882)

Estonian writer, politician and teacher (1841-1882)

Baltic German admiral (1797–1882)

French engineer, sociologist and economist (1806-1882)

French engineer (1825-1882)

English novelist (1805-1882)

Russian revolutionary (1847-1882)

Italian politician (1810–1882)

French dramatist and poet (1805-1882)

German mathematician (1808-1882)

Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated 20th United States president James A. Garfield in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental illness, Guiteau delusionally believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship. Guiteau felt frustrated and offended by the Garfield administration's rejections of his applications to serve in Vienna or Paris to such a degree that he shot Garfield in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. Garfield died on September 19 from infections related to the wounds. Caught immediately after shooting Garfield, Guiteau was tried, convicted, and publicly executed by hanging on June 30, 1882.

Swiss composer (1822-1882)

American author and lawyer (1815–1882)

Spanish politician (1819–1882)

Italian princess

German astrophysicist (1834–1882)

British Bible teacher, considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism. (1800-1882)

German chemist (1799–1882)

British astronomer (1803-1882)

Serbian linguist (1825–1882)

German princess (1857–1882)

Austro-Hungarian writer, journalist, translator and bibliographer

Russian statesman (1818-1882)

French general (1810-1882)

Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (1819–1882)

Serbian painter (1811–1882)

French botanist and agronomist (1807-1882)

Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1803 to 1866

French painter (1799-1882)

French electrical engineer (1839–1882)

English civil servant and inventor (1808–1882)

President of Liberia (1819-1882)q

conservative churchman of the Church of England and Hebraist (1800–1882)