Historical Events In 1888

Apr 26   On this day in history aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer  

Apr 28   Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) on this day in history.  

Apr 29   In the year 1888 old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha  

Apr 30   Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi in the year 1888.  

Apr 30   In the year 1888 john Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)  

May 04   In the year 1888 italy & Spain sign military covenant  

May 04   Italy &Spain sign military covenant in the year 1888.  

May 06   Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73) in the year 1888.  

May 07   Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris in the year 1888.  

May 07   George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" on this day in history.  

May 10   First colonial athletics championships are held at the NSW Amateur Athletics Association Cricket Ground in Sydney in the year 1888.  

May 10   In the year 1888 max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)  

May 11   16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 on this day in history.  

May 11   On this day in history irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)  

May 12   Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale on this day in history.  

May 13   On this day in history brazil abolishes slavery  

May 13   DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat" in the year 1888.  

May 13   DeWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat" in the year 1888.  

May 13   On this day in history princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery  

May 14   14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00 on this day in history.  

May 14   Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London) on this day in history.  

May 15   On this day in history jean Wahl, French philosopher  

May 16   In the year 1888 cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia  

May 16   On this day in history cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC  

May 17   In the year 1888 a P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England)  

May 21   May Aufderheide, composer on this day in history.  

May 22   On this day in history leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers  

May 23   Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired) in the year 1888.  

May 25   Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock) on this day in history.  

May 27   On this day in history louis Durey, composer  

May 28   On this day in history james Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912)  

May 30   James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38) on this day in history.  

May 31   Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) in the year 1888.  

Jun 01   California gets its 1st seismograph in the year 1888.  

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Jan 01   John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974) was born in the year 1888.  

Jan 04   Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12) was born in the year 1888.  

Jan 08   Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge) was born in the year 1888.  

Jan 08   Richard Courant, German-American mathematician (d. 1972) was born in the year 1888.  

Jan 08   In the year 1888 birth of matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960)  

Jan 10   In the year 1888 birth of emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of grock, Switzerland, clown  

Jan 11   In the year 1888 birth of chester Conklin, Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)  

Jan 05   Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1888 stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74  

Jan 21   Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1888.  

Jan 29   Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   In the year 1888 asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77  

Jan 31   In the year 1888 death of john Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)  

Feb 05   In the year 1888 anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49  

Feb 13   In the year 1888 death of jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (b. 1814)