1888 in the United Kingdom
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Sport
1888 English cricket season
1887-88 in English football
Events from the year
1888
in the
United Kingdom
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
2.1
Undated
3
Publications
4
Births
5
Deaths
6
References
7
See also
Incumbents
Monarch
-
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister
-
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
,
Conservative
Events
26 January
- The
Lawn Tennis Association
is founded.
[1]
13 February
- The first issue of the
Financial Times
goes on sale.
[2]
22 March
-
The Football League
is formed.
[3]
June -
Annie Besant
organises the
London matchgirls strike
.
7 August
- The body of
Martha Tabram
was found, a possible murder victim of
Jack the Ripper
.
[3]
9 August
- The
Local Government Act 1888
establishes
county councils
in England and Wales, redraws some county borders, and gives women the vote in local elections.
[2]
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 by
Tom Richardson
(twice),
J.T. Hearne
,
Wilfred Rhodes
(twice) and
Tich Freeman
(six times).
8 September
In
London
, the dead body of
Annie Chapman
is found. She is considered to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper.
In
England
, the first six
Football League
matches were played.
[3]
27 September
- the
Dear Boss letter
signed Jack the Ripper, the first time the name is used, received by London's Central News Agency.
[3]
30 September
- In London, the bodies of
Elizabeth Stride
and
Catherine 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 recorded
film
,
Roundhay Garden Scene
, is made in
Roundhay
in
Leeds
. The film is two seconds and 18 frames in length.
9 November
- In London, the dead body of
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 follows, but the police attribute them to copy-cat killers.
7 December
-
John Boyd Dunlop
patents the pneumatic bicycle tyre.
[3]
17 December
- The
Lyric Theatre
in London opens.
[3]
Undated
Prosecution of
Edward King
,
Anglican
bishop of Lincoln
for using
ritualistic practices
begins.
Sarawak
and
Borneo
become British
protectorates
.
Camborne School of Mines
founded in
Cornwall
.
Publications
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
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
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
^
Sports Knowh-How on LTA
^
a
b
Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd, 314-315.
ISBN 0-7126-5616-2
.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
(2006)
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library.
ISBN 0-141-02715-0
.
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