1888

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1850s  1860s  1870s  – 1880s –  1890s  1900s  1910s
Years:	1885 1886 1887 – 1888 – 1889 1890 1891

This page lists things that happened in the year 1888. It was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Births

• August 9 - Fred C. Newmeyer, American actor and director (d. 1967)
• November 7 - Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (d. 1934)
• December 22 - J. Arthur Rank, movie executive (d. 1972)

Deaths

• March 6 – Louisa May Alcott, American writer (Little Women, etc.)

Events

• Glasgow Celtic Cup started.
• The Year of the Three Emperors happens.
• The Children's Blizzard occurred.

Movies released

• Roundhay Garden Scene