* 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

From the end of 1888, the Amir spent eighteen months in his northern provinces bordering upon the Oxus, where he was engaged in pacifying the country that had been disturbed by revolts, and in punishing with a heavy hand all who were known or suspected to have taken any part in rebellion.

From 1888, block printing was limited to short run specialist jobs.

From 1881 through 1888 Diego Garcia was the location of two coaling stations for steam ships crossing the Indian Ocean.

From this effort resulted the three-volume Theorie der Transformationsgruppen, published in 1888, 1890, and 1893.

The title is taken from the first words of the " From Hell " letter, which some authorities believe was an authentic message sent from the killer in 1888.

From 1888 to 1902 the guild prospered, employing about 50 men.

From 1883 to 1888 he was chief librarian at Columbia University, from 1888 to 1906 director of the New York State Library, and from 1888 to 1900 secretary and executive officer of the University of the State of New York.

From 1811 to 1888, boatyards produced more than 3, 000 steamboats.

From 1874 to 1888 Bucoda was the site of Washington's first territorial prison.

From 1888 to 1891, a stage line that ran from Sundance to

From " L ' atmosphere " book of 1888

One of his sons was Geoffrey Storrs Fry ( 1888 – 13 October 1960 ) From 1929, the first ( and last ) Baronet Fry of Oare in Wiltshire.

From 1889 lieutenancy counties in England and Wales were to correspond to groupings of administrative counties and county boroughs established by the Local Government Act 1888.

From 1881 to 1888 he was Chancellor for the Universities of Uppsala and Lund.

From 1888 to 1902, the exchange moved to the Drexel Building which was located near Fifth Street and Chestnut.

From 1882 to 1888, Frey was the first ambassador ( Minister ) of Switzerland to the United States in Washington.

From 1885 to 1892 five articles in the Nineteenth century brought him into conflict with Church authorities: " Modern Catholics and scientific freedom " ( July 1885 ), " The Catholic Church and biblical criticism " ( July 1887 ), " Catholicity and Reason " ( December 1887 ), " Sins of Belief and Disbelief " ( October 1888 ) and " Happiness in Hell " ( December 1892 ).

From 1884 to 1888 he studied at the universities of Berlin and Strassburg, after which he became an assistant at the Academy of Münster.

From 1879 to 1888, he engaged in difficult experimental investigations.

From 1888 to 1902 he was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

From April 1882 until May 1885 he was the editor of the Viennese paper Die Heimat ( The Homeland ), in May 1884 he became a contributing editor of Le Figaro and in August 1888 he became the editor of the Wiener Bote ( Vienna Messenger ).

From 1888 to 1897 Théodore Reinach edited the Revue des études grecques.