In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). February 27 – In West Orange, New Jersey, Thomas Edison meets with Eadweard Muybridge, who proposes a scheme for sound film. March 8 – The Agriculture College of Utah (later Utah State University) is founded in Logan, Utah. March 9 – Wilhelm I dies, Frederick III becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia. March 11 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. March 13 – De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded in Kimberley. March 15 – The Sikkim Expedition, a British military expedition to expel the Tibetans from northern Sikkim, begins. March 16 – The foundation stone for a new National Library of Greece is laid in Athens. March 20 – The first Romani language operetta premieres in Moscow, Russia. March 23 – A meeting called by William McGregor, to discuss establishment of The Football League, is held in London. March 25 – Opening of an international Congress for Women's Rights organized by Susan B. Anthony in Washington, D.C., leading to formation of the International Council of Women, a key event in the international women's movement. April–June April 3 London prostitute Emma Elizabeth Smith is brutally attacked by two or three men, dying of her injuries the following day, first of the Whitechapel murders, but probably not a victim of Jack the Ripper. The Brighton Beach Hotel in Coney Island (New York) is moved , using six steam locomotives, by civil engineer