Editing 1882 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[Old West]] outlaw [[Jesse James]] is shot in the back of the head and killed by [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Robert Ford]] in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]].
* [[April 29]] &ndash; The [[Elektromote]], the world's first [[trolleybus]], begins operation in [[Berlin]].
* [[May 1]]
** The [[Berlin Philharmonic]] orchestra is founded in Germany, as ''Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle''.
** [[Édouard Manet]] exhibits his painting ''[[A Bar at the Folies-Bergère]]'' at the [[Paris Salon]].
* [[May 2]] &ndash; The [[Kilmainham Treaty]], an agreement between the British government and [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]] leader [[Charles Stewart Parnell]] to abate tenant rent arrears, is announced; Parnell is released from [[Kilmainham Gaol]] in [[Dublin]].
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Phoenix Park Murders]] in Ireland: [[Lord Frederick Cavendish]], the newly appointed [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]], and [[Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)|Thomas Henry Burke]], his Permanent Undersecretary, are fatally stabbed in [[Phoenix Park]], Dublin, by members of the [[Irish National Invincibles]] (militant Irish republicans).
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] is the first law which restricts immigration into the United States.
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Burnley F.C.]] in Northern England changes codes, from [[rugby football]] to [[association football]].
* [[May 20]] &ndash; The [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] is formed between Germany, [[Austria-Hungary]] and Italy.
* [[June]]
** [[Ferdinand von Lindemann]] publishes his proof of the [[transcendental number|transcendentality]] of [[pi]].
** [[St Andrew's Ambulance Association]] is founded in [[Glasgow]], Scotland; [[St. John Ambulance Canada]] is also founded this year.
* [[June 6]]
** Supposedly, the [[Bombay Cyclone of 1882]] in the [[Arabian Sea]] causes flooding in [[Bombay]] harbor, leaving about 100,000 dead; this alleged event has, however, been proved a hoax.
** [[Battle of Embabo]]: The [[Shewa]]n forces of [[Menelik II]] defeat the [[Gojjam]]e army.
* [[June 11]] &ndash; The [['Urabi revolt]] breaks out in [[Egypt]] against [[Khedive]] [[Tewfik Pasha]] and European influence in that country.
* [[June 28]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-French Convention of 1882]] is signed, marking territorial boundaries between [[Guinea]] and [[Sierra Leone]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; U.S. presidential assassin [[Charles J. Guiteau]] is hanged in Washington, D.C.