Important Events in 1888
- Jan 27 The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. for "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge"
- Mar 2 The Convention of Constantinople signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace
- Aug 21 American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine
- Sep 7 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
- Dec 23 Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear with a razor, after argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and sends to a prostitute for safe keeping
More Historical Events
1888 in Music
- Jun 29 First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder
1888 in Sport
Famous People in 1888
Claude Monet
Impressionist PainterGiuseppe Verdi
ComposerPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
World Leaders in 1888
Grover Cleveland
US PresidentOtto von Bismarck
German StatesmanRobert Gascoyne-Cecil
British Prime Minister
Would You Believe?
Longest US men's single tennis tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80 game 1st-round contest
On August 20, 1888
Famous Weddings in 1888
- Jan 1 55th UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George (25) weds first wife Margaret Owen
- Apr 11 Industrialist Henry Ford (24) weds Clara Jane Bryant (22) in Greenfield Township, Michigan