Page 7: Historical Events In 1888
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
Aug 09 Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Aug 09 Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter in the year 1888.
Aug 10 In the year 1888 johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)
Aug 10 On this day in history nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record
Aug 11 On this day in history california Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
Aug 11 Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh) on this day in history.
Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour in the year 1888.
Aug 12 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour in the year 1888.
Aug 12 Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush) on this day in history.
Aug 13 John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV) in the year 1888.
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 In the year 1888 monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner)
Aug 19 On this day in history 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
Aug 19 On this day in history first beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
Aug 19 Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station), dies at 65 in the year 1888.
Aug 20 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Aug 21 Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70 on this day in history.
Aug 21 In the year 1888 william Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
Aug 22 Violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue) in the year 1888.
Aug 24 On this day in history rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies
Aug 25 On this day in history 8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)
Aug 25 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title on this day in history.
Aug 30 On this day in history lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day
Aug 31 First 'Jack the Ripper' victim discovered in Buck's Row, London in the year 1888.
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 On this day in history 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
Aug 31 North Canterbury, New Zealand a 7+ earthquake in northern Canterbury, some 100 kilometers from Christchurch, caused the partial collapse of the cathedral's spire on this day in history.
Aug 31 On this day in history ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)
Sep 01 Dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens in the year 1888.
Sep 03 On this day in history east Africa Company political & commercial rights
Sep 04 On this day in history george Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »