1888 deaths

Prussian princess (1855–1888)

British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic (1829-1888)

Danish politician (1812–1888)

duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (1817–1888)

Italian priest (1825–1888)

Spanish archaeologist (1831–1888)

German princess (1804–1888)

English astronomer (1837-1888)

(1834-1888) Ukrainian writer

French musician (1815–1888)

Ukrainian writer and academic (1814-1888)

Father of founder of Turkey (1839–1888)

Russian scientist, journalist and anarchist (1838–1888)

Austrian musician (1803–1888)

Finnish priest and founder of Finland's school system (1810–1888)

Icelandic folklorist (1819-1888)

British Army officer (1800-1888)

American theologian and writer (1810–1888)

Roscoe Conkling was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was a leader of the Republican Stalwart faction and a dominant figure in the United States Senate during the 1870s. As senator, his control of patronage at the New York Customs House, one of the busiest commercial ports in the world, made him very powerful. His comity with President Ulysses S. Grant and conflict with Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield were defining features of American politics of the 1870s and 1880s. He also participated, as a member of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, in the drafting of the landmark Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Italian architect (1798-1888)

Sultan of Zanzibar (1837–1888)

French statesman (1801-1888)

French author and literary critic (1806-1888)

philologist and university teacher (1832-1888)

French philologist (1846-1888)

English poet, and author, editor (1799-1888)

Belgian politician (1803-1888)

Swiss politician (1825–1888)

Marshal of France (1809-1888)

Flemish teacher, librarian and poet (1821-1888)

Romanian poet

Danish artist (1808-1888)

Japanese artist (1828-1888)

German-born American politician (1803-1888)

French art critic (1830–1888)

English photographer and gem and coin engraver (1813-1888)

French military officer and politician (1833-1888)

Italian presbyter, poet and translator (1820-1888)

French industrialist, writer and political theorist (1817-1888)

Polish cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1834–1888)

English botanist, first curator of Kew gardens (1798–1888)

Czech member of Czech council, ethnographer, linguist and literature historian (1825-1888)

German orientalist (1801–1888)

American politician (1820-1888)

Italian bishop and canonized saint. (1803–1888)

German painter (1833-1888)

Italian lawyer and politician (1817–1888)

painter (1814-1888)

Azerbaijani poet (1835–1888)

British admiral, hydrographer and geologist (1811–1888)

British Arabic scholar (1826–1888)

British ethnologist and philologist (1812-1888)

Canadian sideshow performer (1846–1888)

Belgian astronomer (1820–1888)

British chess player (1807–1888)

United States Catholic clergyman (1819–1888)

Swedish physicist (1819–1888)

suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, cricketer, barrister and schoolteacher (1857-1888)

Costa rican politician (1821-1888)

Bolivian lawyer, diplomat and politician (1843-1888