13 January 1888

The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. The National Geographic Society was founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of…

30 September 1888

Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified serial…

16 May 1888

Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances….

13 January 1888

The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. The National Geographic Society, founded in Washington, D.C., is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific…

31 August 1888

Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims. Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified…

15 October 1888

The “From Hell” letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

31 August 1888

Jack the Ripper’s first confirmed victim, Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. On 31 August 1888, the body of a homeless women, brutally murdered and mutilated,…

15 March 1888

The Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888 starts. The Sikkim expedition was an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim in present-day north east…

15 March 1888

The Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888 starts. The Sikkim expedition was an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim in present-day north east…