Historical Events In 1888

Aug 09   On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45  

Aug 09   On this day in history hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter  

Aug 10   In the year 1888 johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)  

Aug 10   In the year 1888 nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record  

Aug 11   California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store) in the year 1888.  

Aug 11   Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh) in the year 1888.  

Aug 12   Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush) on this day in history.  

Aug 13   In the year 1888 john Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV)  

Aug 15   Albert Spalding, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 15   The birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author in the year 1888.  

Aug 17   James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies in the year 1888.  

Aug 17   On this day in history monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner)  

Aug 19   In the year 1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins  

Aug 19   In the year 1888 first beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins  

Aug 19   On this day in history spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65  

Aug 20   In the year 1888 george Sklavos, composer  

Aug 20   Longest US men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest in the year 1888.  

Aug 21   Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 in the year 1888.  

Aug 21   William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine on this day in history.  

Aug 22   On this day in history violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue)  

Aug 24   Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 25   On this day in history 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)  

Aug 25   In the year 1888 henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title  

Aug 30   In the year 1888 lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day  

Aug 31   In the year 1888 first 'Jack the Ripper' victim discovered in Buck's Row, London  

Aug 31   Jack the Ripper claims his first victim as the body of Mary Ann Nicholls is found in London in the year 1888.  

Aug 31   Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper on this day in history.  

Aug 31   In the year 1888 north Canterbury, New Zealand a 7+ earthquake in northern Canterbury, some 100 kilometers from Christchurch, caused the partial collapse of the cathedral's spire  

Aug 31   In the year 1888 ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)  

Sep 01   In the year 1888 dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens  

Sep 03   East Africa Company political & commercial rights on this day in history.  

Sep 04   On this day in history george Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"  

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Jan 01   In the year 1888 birth of john Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12)  

Jan 08   Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960)  

Jan 10   Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks) was born in the year 1888.  

Jan 10   In the year 1888 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   In the year 1888 henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday  

Jan 14   On this day in history stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74  

Jan 21   Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75  

Jan 30   Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jan 31   On this day in history death of john Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society (b. 1815)  

Feb 05   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 in the year 1888.  

Feb 13   On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (b. 1814)