1888 Calendar
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1888 Historical Event(s)
January 3, 1888
– The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
March 11, 1888
– The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
June 15, 1888
– Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
July 15, 1888
– The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
August 31, 1888
– Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
September 4, 1888
– George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
September 8, 1888
– In London, the body of Jack the Ripper’s second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
October 9, 1888
– The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
October 17, 1888
– Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
November 9, 1888
– Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
Who Were Born On 1888?
January 11, 1888
– Joseph B. Keenan, American political figure (d. 1954)
January 18, 1888
– Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989)
April 9, 1888
– Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (d. 1974)
April 23, 1888
– Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)
June 16, 1888
– Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1980)
June 27, 1888
– Antoinette Perry, American theater director (d. 1946)
July 5, 1888
– Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1963)
July 10, 1888
– Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
July 22, 1888
– Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
December 22, 1888
– J. Arthur Rank, British film producer (d. 1972)