Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In 1888
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Apr 26 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer in the year 1888. 
Apr 28 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) in the year 1888.
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 on this day in history.
Apr 30 On this day in history john Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
May 04 On this day in history italy & Spain sign military covenant
May 04 On this day in history italy &Spain sign military covenant
May 06 Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73) on this day in history.
May 07 Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
May 10 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind) in the year 1888.
May 11 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 in the year 1888.
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 In the year 1888 brazil abolishes slavery
May 13 DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat" on this day in history.
May 13 On this day in history deWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat"
May 13 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery in the year 1888.
May 14 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00 in the year 1888.
May 14 On this day in history miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London)
May 15 Jean Wahl, French philosopher on this day in history.
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 A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England) on this day in history.
May 21 In the year 1888 may Aufderheide, composer
May 22 In the year 1888 leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers
May 23 On this day in history adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
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 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) in the year 1888.
May 30 On this day in history james A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)
May 31 On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)
Jun 01 In the year 1888 california gets its 1st seismograph
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