WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1888
Find out what all happened January to April 1888

The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia. (20. March 1888)

Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College. (6. April 1888)

The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. (11. March 1888)

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

Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888. (15. March 1888)

The first of 11 unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs. (3. April 1888)

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

The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. (27. January 1888)