Concepts of vector spaces emerged from the conception of barycentric coordinates by Möbius in 1827, to the modern definition of vector spaces and linear maps by Peano in 1888.

It is named for Paul Julius Möbius, a neurologist who first described the syndrome in 1888.

About 1888 J. E. McNaughton of Barnumville and E. G. Bacon became proprietors of the `` Green Mountain Telegraph Company '', connecting all offices on the Western Union line and extending over the mountain from Barnumville to Peru, Londonderry, South Londonderry, Lowell Lake, Windham, North Windham, Grafton, Cambridgeport, Saxton's River, and Bellows Falls.

Conservation, as a distinct field of study, initially developed in Germany, when in 1888 Friedrich Rathgen became the first chemist to be employed by a Museum, the Koniglichen Museen, Berlin ( Royal Museums of Berlin ).

In 1888, Scotsman John Boyd Dunlop introduced the first practical pneumatic tire, which soon became universal.

The Cook Islands became a British protectorate in 1888.

The Kingdom of Rarotonga was established in 1858 and in 1888 it became a British protectorate by the request of Queen Makea Takau, mainly to thwart French expansionism.

In 1888, Shortly after he was married, he became a partner in the firm and the name was changed to Carter, Hughes & Cravath.

At the 1888 Republican National Convention, Douglass became the first African American to receive a vote for President of the United States in a major party's roll call vote.

In 1888, the young and ambitious Kaiser Wilhelm II became emperor.

The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA in 1888 and began publication of the National Geographic magazine which became and continues to be a great populariser of geographic information.

In the Georgian era, patronage of such seaside places ( such as nearby Brighton ) gave it a new lease of life so that, when the time came with the reform of English local government in 1888, Hastings became a County Borough, responsible for all its local services, independent of the surrounding county, then Sussex ( East ); less than one hundred years later, in 1974, that status was abolished.

It became a protectorate of Great Britain in 1888, before further fragmenting into warring factions.

In 1888, Labadie organized the Michigan Federation of Labor, became its first president, and forged an alliance with Samuel Gompers.

In June 1888 Wilhelm II became Emperor after the death of his father Frederick III, who ruled for only 99 days.

The Second International ( 1888 – 1916 ) became divided over the issue of World War I.

" Yang secured Mao employment at the university library, where he became assistant to the librarian Li Dazhao ( 1888 – 1927 ), an early Chinese communist.

When William II became emperor in 1888, he discarded Bismark, began using bellicose language, and planned to build a navy to rival Britain's.

His work grew brighter in color, and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style that became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.

By 1888 Edward Weston had patented and brought out a commercial form of this instrument, which became a standard component in electrical equipment.

Athletics became codified and standardised via the English AAA and other general sports organisations in the late 19th century, such as the Amateur Athletic Union ( founded in the US in 1888 ) and the Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques ( founded in France in 1889 ).

Four of his brothers also became actors: Arthur ( 1888 – 1972 ), an actor and sculptor, and Clifford ( 1892 – 1978 ), Cyril ( 1899 – 1987 ) and Kenneth ( circa 1901-1979 ).

Carte's assistant, Helen Lenoir, who became his wife in 1888, made fifteen visits to America in the 1880s and 1890s to promote Carte's interests, superintending arrangements for American productions and tours of each of the new Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

In 1889 he became an Alderman on the Caernarfonshire County Council which had been created by the Local Government Act 1888.

The 76-cm ( 30-inch ) refractor telescope that became operational in 1888 was at that time the world's largest telescope.

The city became a county corporate in 1461, and later a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888.

The phoenix became the official symbol of Atlanta, Georgia in 1888 because it was " reborn " from the ashes after it was burned down in the American Civil War.

In 1888, when he was seven, his father ( the director of an agricultural school ) died suddenly.

* 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director ( d. 1964 )

* 1888 – Irving Cummings, American actor and film director ( d. 1959 )

Murnau, German director ( b. 1888 )

* June 28 – Antoinette Perry, American actress and director ( b. 1888 )

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

** Harry Beaumont, American film director ( b. 1888 )

* F. W. Murnau ( 1888 – 1931 ), movie director in the silent era.

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.

* Leo D. Maloney ( 1888 – 1929 ), pioneer actor / director and producer

After spending the intervening time in Europe, he returned to New York City in 1886, and purchased for German capitalists large amounts of the securities of the transportation system that he was instrumental in creating, becoming again director of the Northern Pacific, and on 21 June 1888, again president of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company.

In 1888, he became music director of Globe Theatre in London, also providing popular incidental music for many of its productions and those of other London theatres, including Richard III ( 1889 ), Henry VIII ( 1892 ) and Nell Gwynn ( 1900 ).

Son Walther Kossel ( 1888 – 1956 ) became a prominent physicist and was professor of theoretical physics and director of the Physics Institute at the University of Tübingen.

England interested him deeply ; and his attachment to the gifted English writer, Agnes Mary Frances Robinson, whom he shortly afterwards married ( and who in 1901 became the wife of Professor E. Duclaux, director of the Pasteur Institute at Paris ), led him to translate her poems into French in 1888.

On March 26, 1888, Moroccan soldiers attacked the post, killing the director of the factory and leaving two badly injured.

A naturalist, Henry Nicholas Ridley, or Mad Ridley as he was known, became director of the gardens in 1888 and spearheaded rubber cultivation.

The offices of former directors, namely Holttum Hall ( after Eric Holttum, Director of the Gardens from 1925 to 1949 ) and Ridley Hall ( after Henry Nicholas Ridley, first director of Gardens from 1888 to 1911 ) were preserved and now serve as the Singapore Botanic Gardens ' Directorate and Visitor Management and Operations offices.

* The fauna of the Lower Cambrian or Olenellus zone, ( 1890 ) Extract from the 10th annual report of the director of the U. S. Geological Survey, 1888 – 89, pt.

* May 15-Dora Mavor Moore, actor, teacher and director ( b. 1888 )

Shortly before his death, in 1888 he was appointed director of Parma Conservatory on Verdi's recommendation.

Thea Gabriele von Harbou ( December 27, 1888 – July 1, 1954 ) was a German actress, author and film director of Prussian aristocratic origin.

William Thomson " Will " Hay ( 6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949 ) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer.

In 1888, Scotsman William McGregor a director of Aston Villa, was the main force between meetings held in London and Manchester involving 12 football clubs, with an eye to a league competition.