Timeline April 1888

Events in April 1888 4

• 1822 – 1888 Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) Died 15 April 1888, aged 65 Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic known for works including 'Dover Beach' and the essay collection Culture and Anarchy. He died suddenly of heart failure in Liverpool on 15 April 1888. His criticism shaped debates about culture and education in Victorian Britain.
• 1831 – 1888 Ludvig Nobel (1831-1888) Died 12 April 1888, aged 56 Ludvig Nobel was a Swedish engineer and industrialist who built a major oil business in Baku, Azerbaijan, and was the brother of Alfred Nobel. He died in Cannes, France, on 12 April 1888. A French newspaper mistakenly published his obituary as that of Alfred Nobel, an episode later credited with prompting Alfred to reconsider his legacy and establish the Nobel Prizes.
• 1888 The Football League founded in England First organized professional football league in the world Twelve clubs from the Midlands and North of England formed the Football League on 17 April 1888, creating the world's first organized football league competition. The inaugural season kicked off in September 1888 and was won by Preston North End, who went undefeated. The league became the model for professional sports competitions worldwide.
• 1888 Stanley relieves Emin Pasha at Lake Albert Expedition reaches besieged governor of Equatoria Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition reached Emin Pasha's forces on Lake Albert in April 1888, after a grueling march through the Congo rainforest that cost many expedition members' lives. Emin initially declined to be evacuated, and the party did not leave the region together until 1889. The expedition was heavily criticized afterward for its high death toll and brutal treatment of porters and local populations.