Historical Events in 1888
55 curated events dated to this year, and 283 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1888
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Earliest Surviving Motion Picture Is Filmed
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Publication of 'A Book of Verses'
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Publication of 'Merry England'
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Abolition of Slavery in Brazil
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Charles Brush Builds First Automatically Operating Wind Turbine
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Death of Elizabeth's Husband
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Dunbar's Early Education and Literary Beginnings
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Early Education at Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys
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Education at the University of Michigan
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Jack the Ripper Murders Expose Limits of Victorian Evidence Gathering
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John Boyd Dunlop Patents Pneumatic Tire
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Nikola Tesla demonstrates the AC induction motor in Pittsburgh
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Post-Impressionism and Van Gogh's Vision
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Publication of 'Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland'
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Publication of 'The Old Swimmin' Hole'
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Publication of 'The Romance of a Shop'
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Publication of Posthumous Works
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Support from the Meynell Family
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1888 Blizzard Eastern US
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De Beers Diamond Cartel Formation
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Death of his wife, Mary E. Boker
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Discovery of the Monroe Effect (Shaped Charges)
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Education at Girls' Latin School
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Final Poems Published Posthumously
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Founding of the Pasteur Institute
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Friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson
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Introduction of the First Mail-Order Catalog by Sears
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Parnell Commission Investigates Allegations of Crimes
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of Gerald Massey'
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Relocation to East Orange, New Jersey
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Studying at Trinity College, Oxford
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The Whitechapel Panic and the Jack the Ripper Murders (1888)
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Vincent van Gogh's Absinthe Consumption in Arles
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Vogel Measures Stellar Radial Velocities
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War of Currents Begins
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Whitman Receives the Golden Rose Award
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Artistic Training at Lambeth School of Art
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British East Africa Company Chartered
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Cherokee 'Going-to-Water' Ceremonial Poems Documented
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Family Relocation to Brookline, Massachusetts
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Invention of the Kodak Camera
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James Joyce's Education at Clongowes Wood College
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Marriage to Mary Elizabeth Davis
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Marriage to Mary Ellen
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Mary Webb's Education Begins
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Mrs. Beeton Endorses Borax as Food Preservative
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Mrs. Beeton's Book on Household Management Endorses Boracic Acid
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Publication of 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales'
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Valéry begins studying law in Montpellier
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First Patent for a Ballpoint Pen Issued to John J. Loud
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Involvement in Literary Societies
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Machine-Rolled Opaque Glass
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Publication of 'Smith: A Tragic Farce'
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Publication of 'The Wanderer'
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Publication of 'Athletics and Manly Sport'
Poets alive in 1888
283 poets
Poets in 1888
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