- Ouida by Lindsey Hunter
Pseud. Of Louise de la Ramée., 1839–1908, English novelist. She was a prolific writer of flamboyant, romantic tales, the best of which are Under Two Flags. (1867), Moths (1880), and In Maremma. (1882). Her stories for children include Two Little Wooden Shoes. (1874), Bimbi (1882), and the well-known Dog of Flanders. (1872).
- Chinese Exclusion Act by Webster's
Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reenacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the United States...
- Bosnia-Hercegovina Uprising of 1882 by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a national-liberation revolt in Hercegovina and Bosnia; the main causes were the Austrian occupation regime, the lack of any solution to the agrarian problem, national oppression, and Catholic dominance. The majority of the insurgents were peasants.The immediate cause of the uprising was the imposition of military obligation by a law of Nov. 4, 1881. On the night of Jan. 10, 1882, a group of ...
- Flipper, Henry Ossian by Leah Baker
... 1856–1940) soldier, engineer; born in Thomasville, Ga. The son of slave parents, he endured four years of harassment to become, in 1877, the first African-American graduate of West Point. Dismissed in 1882 after a court martial on trumped-up charges involving commissariat funds, he campaigned the rest of his life for reinstatement. He pursued a long and ...
- Roanoke by Jenna Murray
City (pop., 2000: 94,911), western Virginia, U.S. It is located on the Roanoke River at the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley. Settled in 1740, it developed after 1882 when it became a rail junction and outlet for Virginia and West Virginia coal. Chartered in 1874 as the town of Big Lick, it was renamed Roanoke (1882) after either the Indian term for shell money or a nearby salt marsh...