* Albert G. Ingalls ( 1888 – 1958 ), editor of Amateur Telescope Making, Vols.

In 1859, Nobel's father left his factory in the care of the second son, Ludvig Nobel ( 1831 – 1888 ), who greatly improved the business.

* 1888 – Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.

* 1810 – Philip Henry Gosse, English naturalist ( d. 1888 )

* 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian ( d. 1967 )

* 1839 – Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer ( d. 1888 )

* 1888 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist ( d. 1964 )

* 1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian giant ( d. 1888 )

* 1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer ( d. 1952 )

* 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer and inventor ( d. 1946 )

* 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor ( d. 1975 )

Eastern European theorists include Pyotr Stolypin ( 1862 – 1911 ) and Alexander Chayanov ( 1888 – 1939 ) in Russia ; Adolph Wagner ( 1835 – 1917 ), and Karl Oldenberg in Germany, and Bolesław Limanowski ( 1835 – 1935 ) in Poland.

* 1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English soldier ( d. 1888 )

Amos Bronson Alcott ( November 29, 1799 – March 4, 1888 ) was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer.

* 1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's " The Lost Chord ", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.

* 1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest and educator ( d. 1888 )

* 1888 – T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier ( d. 1935 )

* 1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, bandleader, and composer ( d. 1943 )

* 1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.

* He married 1908, Cleope Teresa Magliano ( 1888 – 1926 ), a dancer with the Ballet Opera of Monte Carlo.

* Alexander I of Yugoslavia ( 1888 – 1934 ), first king of Yugoslavia

** Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver ( b. 1888 )

Interred in the Zentralfriedhof are notables such as Beethoven and Schubert who were moved there in 1888, and Johannes Brahms, Antonio Salieri, Johann Strauss II and Arnold Schoenberg.

Juan Antonio Ríos Morales ( November 10, 1888 – June 27, 1946 ) was a Chilean political figure, and President of Chile from 1942 to 1946, during the height of World War II.

Still the Katy continued its push southward, laying track and acquiring other small railroads, extending its reach to Dallas in 1886, Waco in 1888, Houston in April 1893 and to San Antonio 1901.

The monumental building, designed by Roland le Vacher in 1888 to house the Au Bon Marché shops, also housed the National Museum of Fine Arts from 1896 to 1910, and thereafter the head office of the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway ; restored in 1991, its grand interiors also feature ceiling frescoes by Antonio Berni, Juan Carlos Castagnino, and other famed Argentine painters.

San Antonio was home for one of the charter members of the Texas League back in 1888, making the town one of the richest in the country with baseball history.

* F. X. Kraus, Antonio Rosmini: sein Leben, seine Schriften ( 1888 )

* SARDINHA, Antonio ( 1888 – 1925 ) Integralismo Lusitano figure.

* Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela ( 1870 – 1877 ; 1879 – 1884 ; 1886 – 1888 )

With these facts, in 1875, the village of Santo Antonio de Volta Redonda started to have great impulse, but with the freedom of slaves in 1888, the decay of the Vale do Paraíba became visible, destroying the agriculture, that would not recover more satisfactorily.

Antonio Ascari ( September 15, 1888 – July 26, 1925 ) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion.

It figured prominently in the city's first known Mafia hit in Manhattan, the 1888 killing of Antonio Flaccomio, when it was La Triniria Italian Restaurant.

* Nicolás Antonio, Bibliotheca Hispana Nova, i. 132 ( 1888 )

João Baptista Gonçalves da Rocha ( 1872 – 1873 ); Joaquim Pedro Corrêa de Freitas, Diretor de Instrução Pública ( 1873 – 1881 ); José Coelho da Gama e Abreu, Barão de Marajó ( 1881 – 1882 ); Antonio Manuel Gonçalves Tocantins ( 1882 ); Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna ( 1882 – 1884 ); Joaquim Pedro Corrêa de Freitas ( 1883 – 1884 ); Hildebrando Barjona de Miranda ; Abel Augusto César de Araújo ( 1885 ); Álvaro Pinto de Pontes e Souza ( 1886 – 1888 ); Emílio Augusto Goeldi ( 1894 – 1907 ); Jacques Hüber ( 1907 – 1914 ); Marie Emilie Snethlage ( 1914 – 1921 ); Rodolfo Siqueira Rodrigues ( substitute ); Carlos Estevão de Oliveira ( 1930 – 1936 ); José Cândido de Melo Carvalho ( 1955 – 1960 ).

* Antonio Aranda ( 1888 – 1979 ), a Spanish general

Hermógenes López ( Naguanagua, Carabobo, 19 April 1830 – Valencia, Carabobo, 17 December 1898 ) was a Venezuelan soldier, farmer and acting president of his country between 1887 and 1888, after the resignation of General Antonio Guzmán Blanco as cause of his voluntary exile in Paris.

In April 1888, the remains of General José Antonio Páez were returned to Venezuela.

Juan Antonio María Flores y Jijón de Vivanco ( 23 October 1833-30 August 1915 ) was President of Ecuador 17 August 1888 to 30 June 1892.

* 1888 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist ( d. 1974 )

* 1888 – John Bosco, Italian priest, youth worker, educator, founder of the Salesian Society ( b. 1815 )

* 1888 – Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter ( d. 1978 )

* June 19 – Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot ( b. 1888 )

* October 21 – Henry Armetta, Italian actor ( b. 1888 )

* September 9 – Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral ( b. 1888 )

** Giovanni Grasso, Italian film actor ( b. 1888 )

** Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter ( b. 1888 )

** Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist ( executed ) ( b. 1888 )

The authority of Egypt having lapsed over Zula, an Italian protectorate was proclaimed in 1888, and in 1890 the town was incorporated into the colony of Eritrea.

** Sultanate of Hobyo since December 1888 under Italian protectorate ( renewed 11 April 1895 ), then in October 1925 incorporated into the Italian colony ( known as Obbia ).

The first Italian trade that we know of is 1888 which was in Santarem.

* John Bosco ( 1815 – 1888 ), aka Don Bosco, Italian priest and founder of the Salesian Society

Giorgio de Chirico (; July 10, 1888 – November 20, 1978 ) was a Greek-born Italian artist.

The population of Ribeirão Preto includes, amongst other groups, descendents of Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese immigrants who were attracted to the region because of the coffee agriculture, right after the Abolition of Slavery in 1888, when immigrants were granted lands, after being indentured workers.

Other known foreign military consultants were the Italian Major Pompeo Grillo, who worked at the Osaka foundry from 1884 to 1888, followed by Major Quaratezi from 1889 to 1890, and the Dutch Captain Schermbeck, who worked on improving coastal defenses from 1883 to 1886.

In late 1888, Sultan Kenadid entered into a treaty with the Italians, making his Sultanate of Hobyo an Italian protectorate.

By the late 1880s, the neighborhood along Graham Avenue was inhabited by many Italian immigrants, as evidenced by The Saint Mary of the Snow Society at 410 Graham Avenue, established 1888, and St. Cecilia's Catholic Church at 84 Herbert Street, established 1871.

Ascanio Sobrero ( October 12, 1812 – May 26, 1888 ) was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato.

Carlo Agostini ( 22 April 1888 – 28 December 1952 ) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pasquale Stanislao Mancini ( March 17, 1817-December 26, 1888 ) was an Italian jurist and statesman.