* 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

* September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician ( b. 1888 )

Aurora Antonia Aragón Vd. ª de Quezón ( born Aurora Antonia Aragón y Molina on February 19, 1888 – April 28, 1949 ), usually known simply as Aurora Quezón, and sometimes as Aurora Aragón-Quezón, was the wife of Philippine President Manuel Luis Quezón and the First Lady of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.

He was succeeded in his titles by his nephew, son of his older brother José de Narváez y Campos, 2nd Count of Cañada Alta, and wife and cousin Epifania Porcel y Valdivia, José María de Narváez y Porcel ( d. 1890 ), 2nd Duke of Valencia, 1st Marquess of Oquendo, 3rd Count of Cañada Alta and 2nd Viscount of Aliatar, married to Josefa María del Águila y Cevallos ( d. 1888 ), 13th Marchioness of Espeja, daughter of Luis Ramón del Águila y Alvarado, 12th Marquess of Espeja, and wife Josefa Manuela Petra de Cevallos y Alvarez de Faria ( daughter of Pedro de Cevallos y Guerra ( 1759 – 1838 ) and wife Josefa Juana Alvarez de Faria y Sánchez-Zarzosa, maternal aunt of Manuel de Godoy ), and had issue.

New stamps in 1888 depicted Luis I with an embossed profile.

The condition was first described, simultaneously and independently, in 1929, by Luis Morquio ( 1867 – 1935 ), a well-known Uruguayan physician who discovered it in Montevideo, Uruguay and James Frederick Brailsford ( 1888 – 1961 ), an English radiographer in Birmingham, England.

Francisco Canaro ( November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964 ) was an Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.

* 1979 – Louis Durey, French composer ( b. 1888 )

* 1803 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist, composer ( d. 1888 )

* 1888 – Irving Berlin, American composer ( d. 1989 )

Maximilian Raoul " Max " Steiner ( May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971 ) was an Austrian composer of music for theatre productions and films.

* 1888 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer ( b. 1813 )

* 1888 – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer ( d. 1974 )

** Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan-born composer ( b. 1888 )

** Victor Schertzinger, American composer and director ( b. 1888 )

* December 28 – Max Steiner, Austrian-born film composer ( b. 1888 )

* July 3 – Louis Durey, French composer ( b. 1888 )

* September 22 – Irving Berlin, American composer ( b. 1888 )

* November 30 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer ( d. 1888 )

* Charles-Valentin Alkan ( 1813 – 1888 ), composer

In the spring of 1888, Sitt conducted Delius's Florida Suite for an audience of three: Grieg, Christian Sinding and the composer.

His last poem As I laye a-thynkynge, published in 1888, was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar.

* August 26-Cecil Coles, composer ( b. 1888 ) ( killed in action )

" Piron ( August 16, 1888 – February 17, 1943 ) was an American jazz violinist, band leader, and composer.

Artie Matthews ( November 15, 1888 – October 25, 1958 ) was a songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer.

* August 24-Alfred Dudley Turner, composer ( some sources have b. 1853 ) ( d. 1888 )

* April 13 – Julius Weissenborn, German bassoonist, music teacher and composer ( d. 1888 )

* November 30 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, pianist and composer ( d. 1888 )