Date | Event |
1888 |
Jean-Delphin Alard Died |
1888 |
Charles-Valentin Alkan Died |
1888 |
May Aufderheide Was Born |
1888 |
Carmen Barradas Was Born |
1888 |
Irving Berlin Was Born |
1888 |
Johanna Beyer Was Born |
1888 |
Emil Bohnke Was Born |
1888 |
Fritz Bovet Died |
1888 |
Francisco Canaro Was Born |
1888 |
Philip Greeley Clapp Was Born |
1888 |
Cecil Coles Was Born |
1888 |
William Denis Browne Was Born |
1888 |
Jakob Dont Died |
1888 |
Louis Durey Was Born |
1888 |
Stephen Heller Died |
1888 |
Thomas German Reed Died |
1888 |
Max Steiner Was Born |
1888 |
Matthijs Vermeulen Was Born |
1888 |
Julius Weissenborn Died |
1888 |
Franz Xaver Witt Died |
January
03
1888 |
Refracting Telescope At Lick Observatory Used For First Time |
January
27
1888 |
National Geographic Society Founded In Washington, DC |
March
11
1888 |
1888 Great Blizzard Kills 400 |
March
15
1888 |
Start Of The Anglo-Tibetan War Of 1888 |
March
20
1888 |
Moscow: Premier Of First Romani Operetta |
March
23
1888 |
World's Oldest Football League Meets In England |
April
03
1888 |
Eleven Unsolved Brutal Murders Of Women |
April
06
1888 |
Clemson Dies, Bequeathing Estate South Carolina |
April
11
1888 |
Concertgebouw In Amsterdam Inaugurated |
April
14
1888 |
Asa Candler Purchased One-Third Stake in Coca-Cola |
May
13
1888 |
Brazil Abolishes Slavery With 'Golden Law' |
May
16
1888 |
Tesla Lectures On Equipment For Long-distance Power |
June
03
1888 |
Thayer's ""Casey At The Bat"" Published In S. Francisco Examiner |
June
05
1888 |
The Rio De La Plata Earthquake Takes Place |
June
15
1888 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II To Be Last German Emperor |
June
29
1888 |
George Edward Gouraud Records Handel's Israel |
July
15
1888 |
500 Killed In Mount Bandai Eruption, Japan |
August
05
1888 |
Bertha Benz Drives From Mannheim To Pforzheim |
August
14
1888 |
""The Lost Chord"" Played Press Conference |
August
16
1888 |
John Pemberton Dies |
August
21
1888 |
William Seward Burroughs Patents First Calculator |
August
30
1888 |
Asa Candler Gains Sole Control of Coca-Cola |
August
31
1888 |
Jack The Ripper's First Victim Murdered |
September
04
1888 |
Film Camera And Kodak Trademarked By George Eastman |
September
06
1888 |
Charles Turner Sets Wickets Record |
September
08
1888 |
Spaniard Peral's Was The First Practical Submarine |
September
08
1888 |
Jack The Ripper's Second Victim Found In London |
September
08
1888 |
The First Matches Are Played In England |
September
22
1888 |
First National Geographic Magazine Published |
September
30
1888 |
Jack The Ripper Kills His Third And Fourth Victims |
October
09
1888 |
Washington Monument Officially Opens |
October
14
1888 |
Pince Films First Motion Picture |
October
15
1888 |
Jack The Ripper Sends ""From Hell"" Letter |
October
17
1888 |
Edison Files Patent For Optical Phonograph |
October
21
1888 |
Swiss Social Democratic Party Founded |
October
29
1888 |
Convention Guarantees Suez Canal Passage |
October
30
1888 |
King Lobengula Of Matabeleland Grants Rudd Concession |
November
09
1888 |
Final Victim Of Ripper Killed |
December
09
1888 |
Herman Hollerith Device At US War Dept |
December
18
1888 |
Richard Wetherill Discovers Native American Ruins |