WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1888
Find out what all happened January to December 1888

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). (6. September 1888)

In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional Association Football league, meets for the first time. (23. March 1888)

The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs. (21. August 1888)

Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. (16. May 1888)

In England the first six Football League matches are played. (8. September 1888)

In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. (8. September 1888)

The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published. (22. September 1888)

Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors. (15. June 1888)

In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made. (8. September 1888)

The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. (15. October 1888)

Rudd Concession granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes led by Charles Rudd. (30. October 1888)

Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department. (9. December 1888)

Louis Le Prince films first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene. (14. October 1888)

Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie). (17. October 1888)

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims. (31. August 1888)

The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public. (9. October 1888)

George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music. (29. June 1888)

The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (15. July 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. (3. January 1888)

The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. (11. April 1888)