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.
1888Mar, 16
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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. - 31Aug
Jack the Ripper
Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims. - 4Sep
Kodak
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film. - 8Sep
Annie Chapman
In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. - 30Sep
Elizabeth Stride
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.