Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In 1888
Saturday, 30 August 2025
Apr 26 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer on this day in history. 
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 On this day in history hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi
Apr 30 In the year 1888 john Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
May 04 Italy & Spain sign military covenant on this day in history.
May 04 In the year 1888 italy &Spain sign military covenant
May 06 On this day in history emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73)
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 In the year 1888 first colonial athletics championships are held at the NSW Amateur Athletics Association Cricket Ground in Sydney.
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 on this day in history.
May 11 In the year 1888 irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
May 12 In the year 1888 crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
May 13 Brazil abolishes slavery on this day in history.
May 13 In the year 1888 deWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
May 13 DeWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat" in the year 1888.
May 13 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery on this day in history.
May 14 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00 on this day in history.
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 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia on this day in history.
May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC in the year 1888.
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 In the year 1888 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 Louis Durey, composer in the year 1888.
May 28 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) in the year 1888.
May 30 James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38) on this day in history.
May 31 On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)
Jun 01 On this day in history california gets its 1st seismograph
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »