1888 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1888?
- January 3, 1888 – The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
- January 27, 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
- March 11, 1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
- March 15, 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
- March 20, 1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
- March 22, 1888 – In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional Association Football league, is founded.
- April 6, 1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- May 13, 1888 – With the passage of the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law”), Brazil abolishes slavery.
- June 5, 1888 – The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place.
- June 15, 1888 – Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
- August 21, 1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
- August 31, 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
- September 4, 1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- September 6, 1888 – Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
- September 8, 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper’s second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- October 9, 1888 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
- October 14, 1888 – Louis Le Prince films first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene.
- October 15, 1888 – The “From Hell” letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
- November 9, 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
- December 18, 1888 – Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde.
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