Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Famous People Who Died in July 1882

  • Jul 4 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader (Shakers) and composer (Simple Gifts), dies at 85
  • Jul 9 Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero (b. 1848)
  • Jul 11 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday
  • Jul 12 Alfred Pease, American composer, dies at 44
  • Jul 13 Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)

Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882)

Jul 16 American wife of Abraham Lincoln and US First Lady (1861-65), dies of a stroke at 63

  • Jul 19 Ivan Gagarin, Russian Jesuit and founding editor of Études, dies at 67