- 1888 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1888 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Victoria of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , ConservativeEvents
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26 January - TheLawn Tennis Association is founded. [http://www.sportsknowhow.com/tennis/rules/lawn-tennis-association.html Sports Knowh-How on LTA] ]
*13 February - The first issue of the "Financial Times " goes on sale.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 314-315|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*22 March -The Football League is formed.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* June -Annie Besant organises the London matchgirls strike.
*7 August - The body ofMartha Tabram was found, a possible murder victim ofJack the Ripper .
*9 August - TheLocal Government Act 1888 establishescounty council s in England and Wales, redraws some county borders, and gives women the vote in local elections.
*31 August -Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She was perhaps the first of Jack the Ripper's victims.
*6 September - Charles Turner becomes the first cricket bowler (a sport) to take 250 wickets in an English season, a feat since accomplished only byTom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne,Wilfred Rhodes (twice) andTich Freeman (six times).
*8 September
** InLondon , the dead body ofAnnie Chapman is found. She is considered to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper.
** InEngland , the first sixFootball League matches were played.
*27 September - theDear Boss letter signed Jack the Ripper, the first time the name is used, received by London's Central News Agency.
*30 September - In London, the bodies ofElizabeth Stride andCatherine Eddowes are found. They are generally considered Jack the Ripper's third and fourth victim respectively.
*2 October -The Whitehall Mystery : a body is discovered during the construction of New Scotland Yard.
*14 October - The first recordedfilm ,Roundhay Garden Scene , is made inRoundhay inLeeds . The film is two seconds and 18 frames in length.
*9 November - In London, the dead body ofMary 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 follows, but the police attribute them to copy-cat killers.
*7 December -John Boyd Dunlop patents the pneumatic bicycle tyre.
*17 December - The Lyric Theatre in London opens.Undated
* Prosecution of Edward King,
Anglican bishop of Lincoln for using ritualistic practices begins.
*Sarawak andBorneo become Britishprotectorate s.
*Camborne School of Mines founded inCornwall .Publications
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Richard Francis Burton 's English translation of "One Thousand and One Nights ".
*Thomas Hardy 's short story collection "Wessex Tales ".
*Henry James ' novella "The Aspern Papers ".
*Rudyard Kipling 's short story collection "Plain Tales from the Hills ".
*Oscar Wilde 's collection of children's fairy stories "The Happy Prince and Other Tales ".Births
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18 January -Thomas Sopwith , aviation pioneer and yachtsman (died 1989)
*8 February -Edith Evans , actress (died 1976)
*1 March -Ewart Astill , cricketer (Leicestershire) (died 1948)
*17 May -Tich Freeman , cricketer (died 1965)
*25 May -Miles Malleson , actor (died 1969)
*9 July -Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton , businessman (died 1964)
*14 August -John Logie Baird , inventor (died 1946)
*16 August -T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") liaison officer during the Arab Revolt, writer, and academic (died 1935)
*6 December -Will Hay , actor and comedian (died 1949}
*7 December -Joyce Cary , author (died 1957)
*22 December -J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank , film magnare (died 1972)
*25 December -Michael Sadleir , novelist (died 1957)Deaths
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29 January -Edward Lear , artist and writer (born 1812)
*3 February -Henry Maine , jurist (born 1822)
*15 April -Matthew Arnold , poet (born 1822)
*23 August -Philip Henry Gosse , scientist (born 1810)References
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