* [[March 11]] – The [[Great Blizzard of 1888]] begins along the [[East Coast of the United States]], shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
* [[March 11]] – The [[Great Blizzard of 1888]] begins along the [[East Coast of the United States]], shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
* [[March 13]] – [[1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami|Ritter Island eruption and tsunami]]: The summit of Ritter Island off the coast of New Guinea collapses, resulting in a [[tsunami]] and the deaths of an estimated 500 to 3,500 people.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Paris|first1=R.|last2=Switzer|first2=A. D.|last3=Belousova|first3=M.|date=2014|title=Volcanic tsunami: a review of source mechanisms, past events and hazards in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea)|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-013-0822-8/tables/1|journal=Natural Hazards|volume=70|issue=1 |pages=447–440|doi=10.1007/s11069-013-0822-8|bibcode=2014NatHa..70..447P |s2cid=73610567|via=|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – [[1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami|Ritter Island eruption and tsunami]]: The summit of Ritter Island off the coast of New Guinea collapses, resulting in a [[tsunami]] and the deaths of an estimated 500 to 3,500 people.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Paris|first1=R.|last2=Switzer|first2=A. D.|last3=Belousova|first3=M.|date=2014|title=Volcanic tsunami: a review of source mechanisms, past events and hazards in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea)|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-013-0822-8/tables/1|journal=Natural Hazards|volume=70|issue=1 |pages=447–440|doi=10.1007/s11069-013-0822-8|bibcode=2014NatHa..70..447P |s2cid=73610567|via=|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – The [[De Beers]] diamond mining conglomerate is founded by [[Cecil Rhodes]] in [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]] (South Africa).
* [[March 13]] – The [[De Beers]] diamond mining conglomerate is founded by [[Cecil Rhodes]] in [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]] (South Africa).<ref>{{Cite web |title=De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://sahistory.org.za/dated-event/de-beers-consolidated-mines-ltd-founded-exercise-control-over-diamond-production-south |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=sahistory.org.za}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – The [[Sikkim Expedition]], a British military expedition to expel the Tibetans from northern [[Sikkim]], begins.
* [[March 15]] – The [[Sikkim Expedition]], a British military expedition to expel the Tibetans from northern [[Sikkim]], begins.
* [[March 16]] – The foundation stone for a new [[National Library of Greece]] is laid in [[Athens]].
* [[March 16]] – The foundation stone for a new [[National Library of Greece]] is laid in [[Athens]].
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* [[July 2]]–[[July 27|27]] – [[London matchgirls strike of 1888]]: About 200 workers, mainly teenaged girls, strike following the dismissal of three colleagues from the [[Bryant and May]] [[match]] factory, precipitated by an article on their working conditions published on [[June 23]] by campaigning journalist [[Annie Besant]], and the workers unionise on July 27.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Match Workers Strike Fund Register|url=http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/matchworkers.php|website=Trades Union Congress Library at the London Metropolitan University|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref>
* [[July 2]]–[[July 27|27]] – [[London matchgirls strike of 1888]]: About 200 workers, mainly teenaged girls, strike following the dismissal of three colleagues from the [[Bryant and May]] [[match]] factory, precipitated by an article on their working conditions published on [[June 23]] by campaigning journalist [[Annie Besant]], and the workers unionise on July 27.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Match Workers Strike Fund Register|url=http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/matchworkers.php|website=Trades Union Congress Library at the London Metropolitan University|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – Over 200 miners are killed in an accident at a diamond mine in [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]] (South Africa).<ref>{{cite news |title=The Kimberley Diamond-mine Disaster |work=The Cornishman |issue=524 |date=19 July 1888 |page=7}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – Over 200 miners are killed in an accident at a diamond mine in [[Kimberley, Northern Cape]] (South Africa).<ref>{{cite news |title=The Kimberley Diamond-mine Disaster |work=The Cornishman |issue=524 |date=19 July 1888 |page=7}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[1888 eruption of Mount Bandai|Eruption of Mount Bandai]]: An [[explosive eruption]] of the [[stratovolcano]] [[Mount Bandai]] in the [[Fukushima Prefecture]] of Japan results in [[pyroclastic flow]]s and the deaths of at least 477 people (according to Japanese government sources).<ref>''佐藤''（2005b）; ''北原''（1995a）pp.162-165、''米地''（2006）pp.122-123.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|authorlink1=Seikei Sekiya|first1=Seikei|last1=Sekiya|first2=Y.|last2=Kikuchi|title=The eruption of Bandai-san|journal=[[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] College of Sciences Journal|language=English|volume=3|year=1890|pages=91–171}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[1888 eruption of Mount Bandai|Eruption of Mount Bandai]]: An [[explosive eruption]] of the [[stratovolcano]] [[Mount Bandai]] in the [[Fukushima Prefecture]] of Japan results in [[pyroclastic flow]]s and the deaths of at least 477 people (according to Japanese government sources).<ref>''佐藤''（2005b）; ''北原''（1995a）pp.162-165、''米地''（2006）pp.122-123.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|authorlink1=Seikei Sekiya|first1=Seikei|last1=Sekiya|first2=Y.|last2=Kikuchi|title=The eruption of Bandai-san|journal=Tokyo Imperial University College of Sciences Journal|language=English|volume=3|year=1890|pages=91–171}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – [[Frank Edward McGurrin]], a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using [[touch typing]] at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used in modern times.
* [[July 25]] – [[Frank Edward McGurrin]], a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using [[touch typing]] at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used in modern times.
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* [[August 13]] – The [[Local Government Act 1888|Local Government Act]], effective from [[1889]], establishes [[county council]]s and [[county borough]] councils in [[England and Wales]], redraws some county boundaries, and gives women the vote in local elections. It also declares that "bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, and other similar machines" be carriages within the meaning of the Highway Acts (which remains the case), and requires that they give audible warning when overtaking "any cart or carriage, or any horse, mule, or other beast of burden, or any foot passenger", a rule abolished in [[1930]].
* [[August 13]] – The [[Local Government Act 1888|Local Government Act]], effective from [[1889]], establishes [[county council]]s and [[county borough]] councils in [[England and Wales]], redraws some county boundaries, and gives women the vote in local elections. It also declares that "bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, and other similar machines" be carriages within the meaning of the Highway Acts (which remains the case), and requires that they give audible warning when overtaking "any cart or carriage, or any horse, mule, or other beast of burden, or any foot passenger", a rule abolished in [[1930]].
* [[August 20]] – A mutiny at [[Dufile]], [[Equatoria]], results in the imprisonment of the [[Emin Pasha]].
* [[August 20]] – A mutiny at [[Dufile]], [[Equatoria]], results in the imprisonment of the [[Emin Pasha]].
* [[August 22]] – Earliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteorite, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13469|title=Earliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteorite|first1=O.|last1=Unsalan|first2=A.|last2=Bayatlı|first3=P.|last3=Jenniskens|date=2020-04-22|doi=10.1111/maps.13469|journal=Meteorics & Planetary Science|accessdate=2025-06-03|volume=55|pages=886-894|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] – Earliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteorite, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13469|title=Earliest evidence of a death and injury by a meteorite|first1=O.|last1=Unsalan|first2=A.|last2=Bayatlı|first3=P.|last3=Jenniskens|date=2020-04-22|doi=10.1111/maps.13469|journal= Meteoritics & Planetary Science|accessdate=2025-06-03|volume=55|issue=4 |pages=886–894|bibcode=2020M&PS...55..886U |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] –The first [[trams in Tallinn]] ([[Reval]]), [[horsecar]]s, begin operation.
* [[August 24]] –The first [[trams in Tallinn]] ([[Reval]]), [[horsecar]]s, begin operation.
* [[August 31]] – [[Whitechapel murders]]: The mutilated body of London prostitute [[Mary Ann Nichols]] is found; she is considered the first victim of [[Jack the Ripper]].
* [[August 31]] – [[Whitechapel murders]]: The mutilated body of London prostitute [[Mary Ann Nichols]] is found; she is considered the first victim of [[Jack the Ripper]].
March 25 – Opening of an international Congress for Women's Rights organized by Susan B. Anthony in Washington, D.C., leading to formation of the International Council of Women, a key event in the international women's movement.
July 2–27 – London matchgirls strike of 1888: About 200 workers, mainly teenaged girls, strike following the dismissal of three colleagues from the Bryant and Maymatch factory, precipitated by an article on their working conditions published on June 23 by campaigning journalist Annie Besant, and the workers unionise on July 27.[7]
July 25 – Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used in modern times.
August 13 – The Local Government Act, effective from 1889, establishes county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales, redraws some county boundaries, and gives women the vote in local elections. It also declares that "bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, and other similar machines" be carriages within the meaning of the Highway Acts (which remains the case), and requires that they give audible warning when overtaking "any cart or carriage, or any horse, mule, or other beast of burden, or any foot passenger", a rule abolished in 1930.
In a letter accepting renomination as President of the United States, Grover Cleveland declares the Chinese "impossible of assimilation with our people and dangerous to our peace and welfare".
October 2 – The Whitehall Mystery: Dismembered remains of a woman's body are discovered at three central London locations, one being the construction site of the police headquarters at New Scotland Yard.
Battle of Guté Dili: Seeking to extend Mahdist control over what is becomes southwestern Ethiopia, governor Khalil al-Khuzani is routed by an alliance of Shewan forces, under RasGobana Dacche and Moroda Bekere, ruler of Leqa Naqamte. Only a handful, including Khalil, barely manage to flee the battlefield.
November 8 – Joseph Assheton Fincher files a patent in the United Kingdom for the parlour game which he calls "Tiddledy-Winks".
November 9 – Whitechapel murders: The mutilated body of London prostitute Mary Jane Kelly is found. She is considered to be the fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims. A number of similar murders in England follow, but the police attribute them to copy-cat killers.
1888 Annual Cyclopedia (1889) highly detailed coverage of "Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry" for year 1888; massive compilation of facts and primary documents; worldwide coverage; 831 pp
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