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1888

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1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in roman numerals, has the most digits (13). This record will not be equalled until 2388 (MMCCCLXXXVIII), or surpassed until 2888 (MMDCCCLXXXVIII).

Years:
1885 1886 1887 - 1888 - 1889 1890 1891

Decades:
1850s 1860s 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s 1910s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1888 in topic:
Humanities
Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
By country
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. - UK
Other topics
Rail Transport - Science - Sports
Lists of leaders
Colonial Governors - State leaders
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Marriages

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Events

January 3 - 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory
January 12 - Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas - 235 dead, many of which were children on their way home from school
January 24 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon.
January 26 - Australia celebrates the first centennary of European settlement.
January 27 - In Washington, DC the National Geographic Society is founded.
March 11 - The "Great Blizzard of '88" begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
March 22 - The Football League is formed
April 11 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
May 13 - Brazil abolishes slavery.
May 28 - Celtic played their first official match against Rangers and won 5-2
June 3 - "Kingdom of Sedang" formed in modern-day Vietnam
June 19 - In Chicago, Illinois, Republican Convention opens at Auditorium Building. General Benjamin Harrison & Levi Morton will win the nominations.
July 27 - British parliament passes an act that permits bicycles on road on condition that they are equipped with a bell that should be rung while on the carriageway. The law is abolished 1930
August 7 - The body of Martha Tabram was found, a possible murder victim of Jack the Ripper
August 31 - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is perhaps the first of Jack the Ripper's victims.
September 4 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
September 6 - Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season - a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
September 8 - In London, the body of Annie Chapman is found. She is generally considered the second victim of Jack the Ripper.
September 8 - In England the first 6 Football League matches ever were played.
September 30 - In London, the bodies of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes are found. They are generally considered Jack the Ripper's third and fourth victim respectively.
October 9 - The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1888: Democrat incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the overall popular vote, but is voted out of office because he loses in the Electoral College to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison.
November 9 - In London the body of Mary Jane Kelly is found. She is typically considered the fifth and last of Jack the Ripper's victims. A number of similar murders actually follow, but police attribute them to copycat killers.