B. C. Miller, to save it from ocean storms. April 6 – The first New Year's Day is observed, of the solar calendar adopted by Siamese King Chulalongkorn, with the 106th anniversary of Bangkok's founding in 1782 as its epoch (reference date). April 11 – The Concertgebouw orchestra in Amsterdam is inaugurated. April 16 – The German Empire annexes the island of Nauru. April 18 - Westminster School is founded in Simsbury, Connecticut April 21 – The Texas State Capitol building, completed at a cost of $3 million, opens to the public in Austin. May 1 – Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is established by the United States Congress. May 8 – The International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow opens (continues to November). May 10 – Nippon Oil Corporation, predecessor of Eneos, a petroleum and gas energy brand in Japan, is founded in Niigata Prefecture. May 12 – The North Borneo Chartered Company's territories (including Sabah) become the British protectorate of North Borneo. May 13 – In Brazil, the Lei Áurea abolishes the last remnants of slavery. May 26 – The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith begins serialization in Punch (London). May 28 – In Glasgow (Scotland), Celtic F.C. plays its first official match, winning 5–2 against Rangers F.C. May 30 – Hong Kong's Peak Tram begins operation. June 2 – Edward King (bishop of Lincoln) in England is called to account for using ritualistic practices in Anglican worship. June 3 The Kingdom of Sedang is formed, in modern-day Vietnam. American writer Ernest Thayer's baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" is first published (under the pen name "Phin") as the last of his humorous contributions to The San Francisco Examiner. June 14 – The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak. June 15 – Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia; 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors. June 19 – In Chicago, the Republican Convention opens at the Auditorium Building. Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton win the nominations for President and Vice President of the United States, respectively. June 29 – Handel's Israel in Egypt is recorded onto wax cylinder at The Crystal Palace in London, the earliest known recording of classical music. June 30 – The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom opens its laboratory, on Plymouth Hoe. July–September