Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1888. 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting...

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1888. Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison, a former U.S. senator from Indiana, defeated...

The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded...

first span to cross the Mississippi. The northernmost section was built in 1888 and the southern section was built in 1891. After receiving renovations in...

88 (commonly called the Model 1888 commission rifle) was a late 19th-century German bolt-action rifle, adopted in 1888. The invention of smokeless powder...

The following is an overview of the events of 1888 in film, including a list of films released and notable births. George Eastman files for a patent for...

Gogh's Chair (1888), Bedroom in Arles (1888), The Night Café (1888), Café Terrace at Night (September 1888), Starry Night Over the Rhone (1888), and Still...

The 1888 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British...

The 1888–89 Football League was the first edition of the Football League, which ran from the autumn of 1888 until the spring of 1889. Created and named...

The 1888 United States House of Representatives elections were held for the most part on November 6, 1888, with three states holding theirs early between...

1888 Studios is a proposed film and television studio planned to be built on a 70 acres (28 ha) site at Bergen Point in Bayonne, New Jersey. Its name is...

1725, Brunei had many of its supply routes to the Sultanate of Sulu. In 1888, Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin appealed to the British to stop further...

and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts...

The 1888 Moradabad Hailstorm was a severe hailstorm that occurred on 30 April 1888 in Moradabad, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It had the "greatest...

after moving to Grantham, Roberts met Beatrice Ethel Stephenson (24 August 1888 – 7 December 1960) through the Finkin Street Methodist Church, which he attended...

making the tariff and the idea of protectionism a true party matter. In the 1888 election, the Republicans were victorious with the election of Benjamin Harrison...

Republican, he defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland to win the presidency in 1888. Harrison was born on a farm by the Ohio River and graduated from Miami University...

to an unidentified person nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" were committed in 1888. Beginning in 1891, Kosminski was institutionalised after he threatened his...

Blizzard, or Children's Blizzard, hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths, it is the world's 10th deadliest winter storm...

22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm I, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House...

October 1831 – 15 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and his death in June 1888, during the Year...

Germania 1888 is a German football club from Berlin. Founded on 15 April 1888, it is the oldest active football club in the country. BFC Germania 1888 was...

Two major blizzards occurred in the year 1888. The Great Blizzard of 1888 which struck parts of the eastern United States and Atlantic Canada from March...

Events during the year 1888 in Switzerland. Federal Council: Wilhelm Hertenstein (president, until November) Bernhard Hammer (vice-president) Karl Schenk...

The year 1888 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry, in Glasgow...

The 1888–89 FA Cup was the 18th edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The new...

The 1888 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on 3 October 1888 in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and incumbent Governor...

Johan H. Andresen (29 November 1888 – 21 October 1953) was a Norwegian industrialist and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Kristiania...

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1888. 1888 in Norwegian music January 5 – The Neues deutsches Theater, Prague, is...

League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa director William McGregor. At the end of the 1888–89 season, Preston North End...