Historical Events
- 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
- Aug 31 The body of Jack the Ripper's first victim, Mary Ann Nichols, is found in Whitechapel in London's East End
- 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
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1888 in Music
- Jun 29 First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's "Israel in Egypt" on wax cylinder
1888 in Sport
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky' conducts the premiere of his 5th Symphony at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia
On November 17, 1888
Irving Berlin
John Logie Baird
T. E. Lawrence
T. S. Eliot
Eugene O'Neill
Richard E. ByrdFamous People in 1888
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyWorld Leaders in 1888
Grover Cleveland
Otto von Bismarck
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
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
- 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
Louisa May Alcott
Matthew Arnold
Charles Crocker
John Pemberton
Mary Ann Nichols
