Editing 1888 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 3]]
** London prostitute [[Emma Elizabeth Smith]] is brutally attacked by two or three men, dying of her injuries the following day, first of the [[Whitechapel murders]], but probably not a victim of [[Jack the Ripper]].
** The [[Brighton Beach]] Hotel in [[Coney Island]] (New York) is moved {{convert|520|ft|m|abbr=on}}, using six steam [[locomotive]]s, by [[civil engineer]] B. C. Miller, to save it from ocean storms.
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The first [[New Year's Day]] is observed, of the [[Thai solar calendar|solar calendar]] adopted by Siamese King [[Chulalongkorn]], with the 106th anniversary of [[Bangkok]]'s founding in 1782 as its [[epoch (reference date)]].
* [[April 11]] &ndash; The [[Concertgebouw, Amsterdam|Concertgebouw]] orchestra in [[Amsterdam]] is inaugurated.
* [[April 13]] &ndash; ''Kahisakan'' (可否茶館), the first [[Coffeehouse|coffee shop]] in [[Japan]], opens in [[Tokyo]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.y-21gp.com/coffee/STORY/storyAB.htm | title=コーヒーの歴史と文化伝播の旅「倉敷珈琲物語」-可否茶館-日本最初の本格的珈琲店 }}</ref>
* [[April 16]] &ndash; The [[German Empire]] annexes the island of [[Nauru]].
* [[April 18]] – [[Westminster School (Connecticut)|Westminster School]] is founded in Simsbury, Connecticut.
* [[April 21]] &ndash; The [[Texas State Capitol]] building, completed at a cost of $3&nbsp;million, opens to the public in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]].
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Fort Belknap Indian Reservation]] is established by the [[United States Congress]].
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry]] in [[Kelvingrove Park]], [[Glasgow]] opens (continues to November).
* [[May 10]] &ndash; Nippon Oil Corporation, predecessor of [[Eneos]], a [[Energy|petroleum and gas energy brand]] in [[Japan]], is founded in [[Niigata Prefecture]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Coumbe|first=Albert Thompson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTKWCdWKPw8C&dq=nippon+oil+corporation+10+may+1888&pg=PA10|title=Petroleum in Japan|date=1924|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=10|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 12]] &ndash; The [[North Borneo Chartered Company]]'s territories (including [[Sabah]]) become the [[British protectorate]] of [[North Borneo]].
* [[May 13]] &ndash; In [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]], the ''[[Lei Áurea]]'' abolishes the last remnants of slavery.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; The comic novel ''[[The Diary of a Nobody]]'' by brothers [[George Grossmith|George]] and [[Weedon Grossmith]] begins serialization in ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' (London).<ref>{{cite journal|title= The Diary of a Nobody|url= https://archive.org/stream/punchvol94a95lemouoft#page/n271/mode/2up|journal= Punch, or the London Charivari|volume= 94|date= 26 May 1888|page= 241}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; In Glasgow (Scotland), [[Celtic F.C.]] plays its first official match, winning 5–2 against [[Rangers F.C.]]
* [[May 30]] &ndash; Hong Kong's [[Peak Tram]] begins operation.
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Edward King (bishop of Lincoln)]] in England is called to account for using [[Ritualism|ritualistic practices]] in [[Anglican]] worship.<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=John A.|last=Newton|title=King, Edward (1829–1910)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34319|access-date=2012-10-12|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34319}}</ref>
* [[June 3]]
** The [[Kingdom of Sedang]] is formed, in modern-day [[Vietnam]].
** American writer [[Ernest Thayer]]'s [[baseball]] poem "[[Casey at the Bat]]" is first published (under the pen name "Phin") as the last of his humorous contributions to ''[[The San Francisco Examiner]]''.
* [[June 14]] &ndash; The [[White Rajah]]s territories become the British protectorate of [[Kingdom of Sarawak|Sarawak]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]] becomes [[German Emperor]] and King of Prussia; 1888 is the [[Year of the Three Emperors]]. 
* [[June 19]] &ndash; In Chicago, the [[1888 Republican National Convention|Republican Convention]] opens at the [[Auditorium Building]]. [[Benjamin Harrison]] and [[Levi P. Morton]] win the nominations for [[President of the United States|President]] and [[Vice President of the United States]], respectively.
* [[June 29]] &ndash; Handel's ''[[Israel in Egypt]]'' is recorded onto wax cylinder at [[The Crystal Palace]] in London, the earliest known recording of classical music.
* [[June 30]] &ndash; The [[Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom]] opens its laboratory, on [[Plymouth Hoe]].