Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In 1888
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Apr 26 On this day in history aleksandr Mikhailov, USSR, astronomer 
Apr 28 On this day in history henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)
Apr 29 In the year 1888 old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha
Apr 30 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi in the year 1888.
Apr 30 In the year 1888 john Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
May 04 Italy & Spain sign military covenant on this day in history.
May 04 Italy &Spain sign military covenant on this day in history.
May 06 Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73) on this day in history.
May 07 On this day in history edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
May 07 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" in the year 1888.
May 10 First colonial athletics championships are held at the NSW Amateur Athletics Association Cricket Ground in Sydney in the year 1888.
May 10 Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind) on this day in history.
May 11 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 in the year 1888.
May 11 Irving Berlin, [Isadore Balin], Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas) on this day in history.
May 12 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale in the year 1888.
May 13 On this day in history brazil abolishes slavery
May 13 DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat" on this day in history.
May 13 In the year 1888 deWolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat"
May 13 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery in the year 1888.
May 14 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00 in the year 1888.
May 14 Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London) in the year 1888.
May 15 Jean Wahl, French philosopher on this day in history.
May 16 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia in the year 1888.
May 16 In the year 1888 cPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
May 17 A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England) on this day in history.
May 21 May Aufderheide, composer on this day in history.
May 22 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers on this day in history.
May 23 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired) on this day in history.
May 25 In the year 1888 miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)
May 27 On this day in history louis Durey, composer
May 28 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912) on this day in history.
May 30 James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38) on this day in history.
May 31 On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)
Jun 01 On this day in history california gets its 1st seismograph
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