1888

1888 was the 17th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

B. A. Thompson succeeds Judge A. O. Lane as Mayor of Birmingham.
Benjamin Franklin Riley accepts the presidency of Howard College.
March 14: Rufus N. Rhodes publishes the first edition of the Birmingham Evening News.
July 19: Death of Liza Montgomery, 19, the first person to be buried in Red Mountain Cemetery.
September 1: Joseph Smith succeeds Samuel Truss as Jefferson County sheriff.
November: President Grover Cleveland visits Birmingham.
November 8: The Daily Birmingham Age and Daily Herald merge to form the Birmingham Age-Herald.
December 4: The body of May Hawes is found floating in East Lake by two boaters.