Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In 1888
Wednesday, 22 October 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 Italy & Spain sign military covenant on this day in history.
May 04 Italy &Spain sign military covenant in the year 1888.
May 06 On this day in history emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73)
May 07 On this day in history edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
May 07 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" in the year 1888.
May 10 First colonial athletics championships are held at the NSW Amateur Athletics Association Cricket Ground in Sydney in the year 1888.
May 10 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind) in the year 1888.
May 11 In the year 1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49
May 11 On this day in history irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
May 12 On this day in history crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
May 13 On this day in history brazil abolishes slavery
May 13 On this day in history deWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
May 13 In the year 1888 deWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat"
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 Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London) on this day in history.
May 15 Jean Wahl, French philosopher on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia
May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC on this day in history.
May 17 In the year 1888 a P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England)
May 21 On this day in history may Aufderheide, composer
May 22 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers on this day in history.
May 23 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired) in the year 1888.
May 25 In the year 1888 miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)
May 27 Louis Durey, composer on this day in history.
May 28 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) on this day in history.
May 30 James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38) in the year 1888.
May 31 Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) on this day in history.
Jun 01 On this day in history california gets its 1st seismograph
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