Timeline Friday 24 March 1882

Events on Friday 24 March 1882 2

• 1807 – 1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Died 24 March 1882, aged 75 Longfellow was the most popular American poet of his era, known for works including "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Song of Hiawatha," and "Evangeline." His verse was widely read on both sides of the Atlantic and translated into numerous languages. He died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1882 Discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium Robert Koch identifies the cause of tuberculosis On 24 March 1882, German physician Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had identified Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the cause of tuberculosis. The disease was then killing roughly one in seven people in Europe. Koch's finding confirmed germ theory and opened the way to modern bacteriology.