WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1888
Find out what all happened February to December 1888

Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde. (18. December 1888)

The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner. (3. June 1888)

The Rio de la Plata Earthquake takes place. (5. June 1888)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. (29. 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)

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