Timeline March 1888

Events in March 1888 11

• 1797 – 1888 Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797-1888) Died 9 March 1888, aged 90 Wilhelm I was King of Prussia and the first German Emperor, reigning from the unification of Germany in 1871 until his death. He died in Berlin on 9 March 1888 at age 90, having overseen Germany's rise as a European power under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. His death began a year in which Germany had three different emperors.
• 1799 – 1888 Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) Died 4 March 1888, aged 88 Amos Bronson Alcott was an American teacher, writer, and transcendentalist philosopher, and the father of author Louisa May Alcott. He died in Boston on 4 March 1888, just two days before his daughter's death. His unconventional educational theories influenced later progressive schooling movements.
• 1832 – 1888 Louisa May Alcott Author of Little Women American novelist, Civil War nurse, abolitionist and suffragist. Raised among the Concord Transcendentalists, she wrote thrillers under a pen name before Little Women made her one of the best-selling authors of her century.
• 1871 – 1888 Wilhelm I First German Emperor King Wilhelm I of Prussia became the first German Emperor after the unification of Germany in 1871.
• 1888 Louisa May Alcott dies in Boston Two days after her father She dies aged 55, two days after Bronson Alcott, and is buried on Authors' Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, near Emerson, Thoreau and Hawthorne.
• 1888 Frederick III German Emperor for 99 days Frederick III ruled Germany for only 99 days before dying from throat cancer.
• 1888 Germany has three emperors in one year Wilhelm I's death and Frederick III's brief reign bring Wilhelm II to the throne German Emperor Wilhelm I died on 9 March 1888 at age 90, and was succeeded by his son Frederick III, who was already dying of throat cancer. Frederick reigned for only 99 days before his death on 15 June 1888, after which his son Wilhelm II became emperor. The rapid succession became known as the Year of the Three Emperors and set Germany on the more aggressive course associated with Wilhelm II's reign.
• 1888 – 1961 Barry Fitzgerald (1888-1961) Irish actor from Dublin's Abbey Theatre who won an Oscar for Going My Way.
• 1888 Barry Fitzgerald born in Dublin Barry Fitzgerald is born in Dublin.
• 1888 Great Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes the Northeastern United States Record snowfall kills hundreds and buries cities A massive nor'easter dumped up to 50 inches of snow across New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut from March 11 to 14, 1888. Snowdrifts reached over 50 feet, downing telegraph lines and stranding trains, and the storm killed more than 400 people. The disaster spurred New York City to move its utility lines underground and helped inspire the construction of the subway system.
• 1888 De Beers Consolidated Mines is formed Cecil Rhodes consolidates South African diamond mining Cecil Rhodes merged competing diamond-mining operations in Kimberley to form De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited on 12 March 1888. The new company quickly gained control of most of the world's diamond production. De Beers went on to dominate the global diamond trade for more than a century.