What Happened In March 1888 - Historical Events 1888 March

Historical Events for March, 1888

11th » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
15th » Start of the Sikkim Expedition or Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
20th » The premiere of the very first Romen Theatre Forerunners of Romen Theatre e.g Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.

1st » Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
1st » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1949)
4th » Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress (d. 1942)
4th » Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (d. 1972)
4th » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
7th » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-American journalist (d. 1977)
7th » Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1978)
10th » Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
10th » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
13th » Paul Morand, French author (d. 1976)
14th » Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
17th » Paul Ramadier, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1961)
19th » Josef Albers, German-American painter (d. 1976)
19th » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
20th » Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)
24th » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (d. 1922)
26th » Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse (d. 1948)
27th » Bouke Benenga, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
27th » George Alfred Lawrence Hearne, English-South African cricketer (d. 1978)
29th » Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante (d. 1963)