Page 4: Historical Events In 1888
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Apr 26 Aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer on this day in history. 


Apr 28 On this day in history henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) 


Apr 29 Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha in the year 1888. 


Apr 30 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi on this day in history. 


Apr 30 John Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder) on this day in history. 


May 04 On this day in history italy & Spain sign military covenant 


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


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


May 07 On this day in history edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris 


May 07 On this day in history george Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" 


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


May 10 On this day in history max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind) 


May 11 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 in the year 1888. 


May 11 Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas) on this day in history. 


May 12 In the year 1888 crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 


May 13 In the year 1888 brazil abolishes slavery 


May 13 On this day in history deWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat" 


May 13 On this day in history deWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat" 


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 On this day in history miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London) 


May 15 In the year 1888 jean Wahl, French philosopher 


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


May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC on this day in history. 


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


May 21 May Aufderheide, composer in the year 1888. 


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 On this day in history miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock) 


May 27 In the year 1888 louis Durey, composer 


May 28 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) in the year 1888. 


May 30 In the year 1888 james A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38) 


May 31 In the year 1888 jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) 


Jun 01 California gets its 1st seismograph on this day in history. 


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