A futile search for a definitive and in-depth chronology for historical events that took place in 1888 (and did not involve Jack the Ripper…) turned up this mixed bag of timelines:
- A 19th C. chronology by genre – musical genre, that is – has a nice breakdown of developments in literature, the arts and world history, as well as in Opera, choral music, Orchestral music, Solo and chamber music…
- A massive chronology of Chronology of Thomas Edison’s Life, in two parts: 1847-1878 and 1879-1931. Lots of other Edison resources there too, it appears.
- A Chronology of Jules Verne by William Butcher, from the incomprable Verne site. By 1888, Verne had gone into local politics.
- A brief chronology of Symbolism and Art Nouveau.
- And finally, only very tangentially related, Vampires: A Chronology.