1888

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year 1888

Events

• January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
• February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889).
• March 9 – Wilhelm I dies, Frederick III becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia.
• March 13 – De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded in Kimberley.

rnational 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.

• April 16 – The German Empire annexes the island of Nauru.
• May 12 – The North Borneo Chartered Company's territories (including Sabah) become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
• June 14 – The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
• June 15 – Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia; 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
• October 9 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public, in Washington, D.C.[
• October 30 – The Rudd Concession, a written concession for exclusive mining rights in Matabeleland, Mashonaland and adjoining territories, is granted by King Lobengula of Matabeleland to Charles Rudd, James Rochfort Maguire and Francis Thompson, who are acting on behalf of South African-based politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes, providing a basis for white settlement of Rhodesia.
• November 6 – 1888 United States presidential election: Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election.
• 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.

 

Events

Event	Start	End
Pax Brittanica	1815	1915
Victorian era	1840	1901

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
New Mexico State University		PublicLand-grantSpace-grant	New Mexico university
Utah State University
Baker Donelson			Large U.S. law firm and lobbying group
Mahidol University			Thai medical university
Searle Pharmaceuticals			Taken over by Monsanto in 1985.
Abertay University			Abertay was the first to offer a degree in Ethical Hacking, starting in 2006.
De Beers
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile		Military ranks Catholic	Prestigious Catholic university in Santiago, Chile

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
H. F. van Walsem	1888		1968	Businessperson	Chairman of the Board of Philips Industries Eindhoven.
Georgios Papandreou	13 February 1888	Greece Kalentzi Achaea	1 November 1968	Politician	A critic of NATO
John Foster Dulles	25 February 1888	United States Washington DC	24 May 1959	Diplomat Spook Deep politician	US lawyer turned deep politician, brother of Allen Dulles
René Massigli	22 March 1888		3 February 1988	Diplomat	French diplomat
Julian Grenfell	30 March 1888	London Westminster England	26 May 1915	Poet	War poet killed by a shell in World War I.
Harvey Hollister Bundy	30 March 1888		7 October 1963	Lawyer Deep state operative	Special Assistant on Atomic Matters under FDR. Chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Józef Retinger	17 April 1888		12 June 1960	Deep politician	The Polish deep politician who set up the Bilderberg group
Percy Sillitoe	22 May 1888	London Tulse Hill UK	5 April 1962	Spook Police officer
Bronson Cutting	23 June 1888	New York Great River	6 May 1935	Activist Politician Publisher	A US senator whose efforts to reform the banking system appeared to be gaining traction in 1934. He died in a plane crash in 1935.
Axel Georg	12 August 1888	Denmark Copenhagen	14 July 1964		Danish Prince who attended the 1956 Bilderberg in Fredensborg, Denmark
Joseph Kennedy	6 September 1888		18 November 1969	Businessperson
Paul Rykens	14 September 1888	Netherlands Rotterdam	19 April 1964	Deep politician Businessperson	Dutch businessman and friend of Józef Retinger who was initially consulted on the founding of the Bilderberg Group
Eric Jones	24 September 1888		23 April 1956	Spook Mathematician	The first director of GCHQ
Harold Thorby	2 October 1888		1 January 1973	Politician	"We the government have vital information which we cannot disclose. It is upon this knowledge that we make decisions. You, who are merely private citizens, have no access to this information. Any criticism you make of our policy, any controversy about it in which you may indulge, will therefore be uninformed and valueless. If, in spite of your ignorance, you persist in questioning our policy, we can only conclude that you are disloyal."
Henry Agard Wallace	7 October 1888	Iowa Orient	18 November 1965
Nestor Makhno	26 October 1888	Ukraine Russian Empire	6 July 1934	Revolutionary	Commander of a "third force" in Ukraine 1917–21.
Ivar Rooth	2 November 1888	Sweden Stockholm	27 February 1972	Lawyer Central banker	Swedish Managing Director of the IMF
Marshall Diggs	7 November 1888	Dallas Texas	September 1968	Lawyer Businessperson
Jean Monnet	9 November 1888	Cognac Charente	16 March 1979	Deep politician	French deep state operative, Le Cercle, the most powerful man in France without a ministerial office.
Clinton Golden	16 November 1888	Pennsylvania Pottsville	12 June 1961	Academic Labor leader	Anti-communist labor union leader. Double Bilderberger
Oswald Rayner	29 November 1888	Staffordshire Smethwick England	6 March 1961	Spook
M. James W. Coldwell	2 December 1888	Seaton England	25 August 1974		Canadian politician