Deaths on March 16

Hippolyte Carnot

Died on March 16, 1888

Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)

Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (6 October 1801, Saint-Omer – 16 March 1888) was a French politician.

He was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and the

second son of the revolutionary politician and general Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, who also served in the government

of Napoleon, as well as the father of French president Marie François Sadi Carnot.

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Events on 1888

16 May

Electric power transmission
Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
31 Aug

Jack the Ripper
Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
4 Sep

Kodak
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
8 Sep

Annie Chapman
In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
30 Sep

Elizabeth Stride
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Deaths on March 16

Hippolyte Carnot

Died on March 16, 1888

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Events on 1888

Electric power transmission

Jack the Ripper

Kodak

Annie Chapman

Elizabeth Stride