Timeline January 1888

Events in January 1888 4

• 1812 – 1888 Edward Lear (1812-1888) Died 29 January 1888, aged 75 Edward Lear was an English artist and writer best known for his literary nonsense, including the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat.' He died in San Remo, Italy, on 29 January 1888 after years of poor health. His limericks and nonsense verse influenced generations of children's writers.
• 1888 The Financial Times begins publication London newspaper launches to cover finance and business The Financial Times was first published in London on 9 January 1888 as the London Financial Guide, aimed at City of London financiers and stockbrokers. It later merged with its main rival, the Financial News, in 1945. The paper grew into one of the world's most influential business and financial newspapers.
• 1888 Schoolchildren's Blizzard strikes the Great Plains Sudden storm kills scores of children walking home from school A ferocious blizzard swept from Montana to Texas on January 12, 1888, with temperatures plunging rapidly after an unusually warm morning had lured many farmers and schoolchildren outdoors without heavy coats. An estimated 235 people died, many of them children caught walking home from rural schoolhouses. The storm became known afterward as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard.
• 1888 National Geographic Society founded Thirty-three scientists and explorers form a society in Washington The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C. on 27 January 1888 to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge. Its magazine, National Geographic, began publication later that year. The society went on to fund expeditions and research around the world for more than a century.