* 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

** Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1888 )

* Frits Zernike, ( 1888 – 1966 ), physicist Prize 1953

Frits Zernike (; July 16, 1888 – March 10, 1966 ) was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase contrast microscope, an instrument that permits the study of internal cell structure without the need to stain and thus kill the cells.

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld ( 24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964 ) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.

She married Dutch shipping and mining tycoon Anton Kröller in 1888 and used both surnames in accordance with Dutch tradition.

* 1888 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect ( d. 1964 )

* 1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter ( d. 1888 )

* June 25 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect ( b. 1888 )

* January 16 – The first Dutch ( and general ) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic ( the next Dutch general elections are held in 1888 ).

The Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles in 1888 – 1889 and produced over 300 paintings and drawings during his time there.

Westfield was established in 1888 in the center of the Dutch colony.

The Red Vineyards near Arles is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, executed on a privately-primed Toile de 30 piece of burlap in early November 1888.

* Lo La Chapelle ( 1888 – 1966 ), a Dutch footballer, played club football for amateur side HVV Den Haag

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.

Kobilca's best known paintings are Kofetarica ( Coffeemadam ), 1888 ; Citrarica ( Zitherist ), Likarice ( Women Ironers ), 1891 ; Holandsko dekle ( Dutch Girl ), Portret sestre Fani ( Portrait of Sister Fani ), 1889 ; and Poletje ( Summer ), 1889.

* June 26-Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch furniture designer and architect ( born 1888 )

Image: Van gogh-oescolar06. jpg | Van Gogh ( Dutch, 1853-1890 ) The Student, 1888.

Maria Dermoût ( June 15, 1888 — June 27, 1962 ), was an Indo novelist, considered one of the greats of Dutch literature and as such an important proponent of Dutch Indies literature.

In 1888 he was elected to the House of Representatives, one of the two chambers that make up the Dutch parliament.

Other rifles utilizing a frequently improved en-bloc clip include the German 1888 Commission Rifle, the French 1890 Berthier Cavalry Carbine and later models ( upgraded to 5 rounds in 1916 ), the Italian M1870 / 87 Vetterli-Vitali and M91 Carcano, the various ( Romanian, Dutch, Portuguese ) turnbolt Mannlichers, the Austro-Hungarian straight-pull Steyr-Mannlicher M1895, the M1895 Lee Navy, the Hungarian 35M Mannlicher, and the US M1 Garand.

Café Terrace at Night, also known as The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, is a coloured oil painting executed by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh on an industrially primed canvas of size 25 ( Toile de 25 figure ) in Arles, France, mid-September 1888.

The town was established in 1888 around a Dutch Reformed Church which was built in 1876.