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Historical Events for the Year 1888. 3rd January » 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. 27th January » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
What happened and who was famous in 1888? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1888.
1888: A Year in the Collections. Learn about the Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the fiercest East Coast storms ever recorded. As railroads drove western expansion, Buffalo Bill brought Wild West shows back east, hiring displaced Native people. The new science of archaeology engaged people’s imaginations with the deep past, in the midst of a ...
November 6 – 1888 United States presidential election: Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election. November 27 – The sorority Delta Delta Delta is founded at Boston University.
On Saturday, March 10, 1888, the U.S. Signal Service, parent to the present National Weather Service, was predicting the storm from the South would dissipate or head out to sea. Instead, it collided with a cold front from Canada to create the storm of the century.
1880 to 1889 Important News, Key Events, Significant Technology. 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889 History. Major News Events From 1880 to 1889. 1880 Tahiti , Originally discovered by the Royal Navy it was also visited by James Cook (in 1769)
Look what happened the 1888. With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery. (13. May 1888) In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made. (8. September 1888) Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. (30. September 1888)
