Accidents and fires14
- Borki train disasterAccidents
- Umeå city fireFires & explosions
- 47th Street TheatreFires & explosions
- Auburn Fire House No. 1Fires & explosions
- Feuerwache Alt-LietzowFires & explosions
- Firemen's HallFires & explosions
- Mud Run DisasterAccidents
- Volunteer fire department of ÚhoniceFires & explosions
- Firehouse No. 4Fires & explosions
- HennepinAccidents
- No. 4 Engine HouseFires & explosions
- William P. Rend1888–1917 · Accidents
- Wreck at the Fat NancyAccidents
- FirefighterFires & explosions
Wars, battles and sieges13
- Johnson County War1888–1893 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of SuakinBattles
- Battle of MadanaBattles
- Battle of Guté DiliBattles
- Battle of SegheneytiBattles
- First Battle of VaileleBattles
- Memorial for the victims of the fire at the Opéra-ComiqueWars & conflicts
- Padas Damit War1888–1889 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of BagamoyoBattles
- Battle of DufileBattles
- Battle of the Grapevine CreekBattles
- Egyptian Campaign MemorialWars & conflicts
- War memorial for the fallen of the wars of 1866 and 1870/71Wars & conflicts
Revolts, massacres and attacks7
- Abushiri Revolt1888–1889 · Revolts & coups
- Whitechapel murders1888–1891 · Murders
- Hazara genocide1888–1893 · Massacres
- crime of Fuencarral streetMurders
- Rio Tinto massacreMassacres
- Hay Meadow MassacreMassacres
- murder of Mary Ann NicholsMurders
Disasters7
- Lake HibaraNatural disasters
- Akimoto LakeNatural disasters
- 1888 Río de la Plata earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1888 North Canterbury earthquakeNatural disasters
- Lake OnogawaNatural disasters
- Lake SoharaNatural disasters
- 1889 Totsukawa floodNatural disasters
Expeditions2
- Sikkim ExpeditionExpeditions
- Nansen's Greenland expedition1888–1889 · Expeditions
Treaties, councils and politics1
- Convention of ConstantinopleTreaties
Already under way in 188862
- Russo-Turkish Wars1568–1918 · Wars & conflicts
- American Indian Wars1609–1924 · Wars & conflicts
- Mahdist War1881–1899 · Wars & conflicts
- Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War1651–1986 · Wars & conflicts
- Chechen–Russian conflict1785–2017 · Wars & conflicts
- French conquest of Algeria1830–1904 · Wars & conflicts
- Aceh War1873–1904 · Wars & conflicts
- third plague pandemic1855–1945 · Natural disasters
- Apache Wars1849–1924 · Wars & conflicts
- Concordat of 18011801–1905 · Treaties
- 1887 Yellow River flood1887–1899 · Natural disasters
- Treaty of Bardo1881–1956 · Treaties
- Caste War of Yucatán1847–1901 · Wars & conflicts
- Nauruan Civil War1878–1888 · Wars & conflicts
- Samoan Civil War1886–1894 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 18882
- Nauruan Civil War1878–1888 · Wars & conflicts
- 1888 Haitian Revolution1887–1888 · Revolts & coups
Founded or built in 1888106
- Pontifical Catholic University of ChileUniversities
- ZappeionBuildings
- SawahluntoSettlements
- Columbus MonumentMonuments
- MalkataArchaeology
- Hamamatsu StationTransport
- University of Puget SoundUniversities
- University of ScrantonUniversities
- Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky in KyivMonuments
- Rookery BuildingTowers
- Former Hokkaidō Government OfficeBuildings
- Minneapolis City HallGovernment
- Soldiers' and Sailors' MonumentMonuments
- TurtagrøHotels & shops
- Don Álvaro de BazánMonuments
- Heisdorf CastlePalaces
- Hillcrest ParkBuildings
- Hotel BellevuePalaces
- Armada MemorialMonuments
- Coal ExchangeBuildings
- Fort de Saint-HéribertCastles & forts
- Meiringen railway stationTransport
- Palacio de SobrellanoPalaces
- Porta MonforteCastles & forts
- Reichsgericht buildingMonuments
- A Ramon Berenguer IIIMonuments
- Bicknell MuseumArchaeology
- Casino NotabileBuildings
- Coop's Shot TowerTowers
- Ganymede's fountain, BratislavaMonuments
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