August 1888 in History

Events in History

Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour

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

Aug 4 Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader, born in Surat, India (d. 1965)
Aug 9 Hans Oster, German major general, spy and "July 20th" plotter, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1945)
Aug 12 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer (1st major Dutch radio broadcaster AVRO), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1973)
Aug 13 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, born in Smolensk, Russia (d. 1975)

Aug 13 Scottish inventor and father of the television, born in Helensburgh, Scotland

Aug 16 British author, soldier and diplomat famous for his liaison role in Arabia during WWI, born in Tremadog, Caernarfonshire, Wales

Aug 22 Du Yuesheng, Chinese mob boss, born in Gaoqiao, Shanghai (d. 1951)
Aug 31 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer and diplomat (La Obra de Trajano), born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1928)

Aug 5 Philip Sheridan, American general (fought Civil War for Union army, helped preserve Yellowstone Park), dies of heart failure at 57
Aug 9 Charles Cros, French inventor and poet (Le Hareng Saur), dies at 45

Aug 14 American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad), dies at 65

Aug 15 Carter L. Stevenson, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 70

Aug 16 American pharmacist (inventor of Coca-Cola), dies of stomach cancer at 57

Aug 17 James Jameson, Scottish heir to Jameson Whisky and explorer who paid for a 10 yr old girl to be eaten in the Congo, dies of a fever at 32
Aug 19 Spencer Fullerton Baird, American naturalist and ornithologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65
Aug 21 Simon Vissering, Dutch economist (Minister of Finance 1879-81), dies at 70
Aug 23 Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist (created 1st public aquarium at London Zoo, coined term 'aquarium'), dies at 78
Aug 24 Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (one of the founders of the study of thermodynamics), dies at 66