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Historical Events In 1888

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Aug 09   On this day in history charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 10   In the year 1888 johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 10   On this day in history nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   In the year 1888 owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 12   On this day in history bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 12   Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 12   Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 13   On this day in history john Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 15   Albert Spalding, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 15   In the year 1888 the birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   On this day in history james Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 17   Monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 19   Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 20   On this day in history george Sklavos, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 20   On this day in history 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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 21   On this day in history simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 21   William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 22   Violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 24   On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60) in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 30   Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   First 'Jack the Ripper' victim discovered in Buck's Row, London in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   On this day in history jack the Ripper claims his first victim as the body of Mary Ann Nicholls is found in London.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   On this day in history north Canterbury, New Zealand a 7+ earthquake in northern Canterbury, some 100 kilometers from Christchurch, caused the partial collapse of the cathedral's spire  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   In the year 1888 ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 01   In the year 1888 dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   East Africa Company political & commercial rights in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 04   On this day in history george Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1888

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of john Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Arthur Berry, England, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1908, 12) was born in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1888 birth of matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1888 birth of richard Courant, German-American mathematician (d. 1972)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (d. 1960)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of grock, Switzerland, clown  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1888

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 05   Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   Stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   On this day in history stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 29   In the year 1888 edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 30   On this day in history asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Feb 05   Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 in the year 1888.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 13   Jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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