Timeline Sunday 13 May 1888

Events on Sunday 13 May 1888 2

• 1888 Brazil abolishes slavery Golden Law ends slavery throughout the empire Princess Isabel, acting as regent, signed the Lei Aurea (Golden Law) on 13 May 1888, immediately and unconditionally abolishing slavery in Brazil. Brazil was the last country in the Americas to end slavery, freeing roughly 700,000 enslaved people without compensation to owners. The law's passage contributed to the fall of the Brazilian monarchy the following year.
• 1888 – 1993 Inge Lehmann Discoverer of Earths Core The seismologist who reasoned that the Earth must have a solid inner core based on seismic wave data.