Exposición Universal de Barcelona — world's Fair held in Barcelona, Spain in 1888

Convention of Constantinople — 1888 convention

Abushiri Revolt — rebellion

Year of the Three Emperors — the year 1888, in which Wilhelm I of Germany died in March, to be succeeded by his son Frederick III, who died in June, to be succeeded by his son Wilhelm II

1888 civil unrest due to rumors in Korea

Last major conflict in the Hatfield-McCoy fued

1887 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Mahdist Sudan

1888 United States presidential election — 26th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

1888 battle in the first Samoan Civil War