Editing 1888

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== Events ==
* June 15 - [[Wilhelm II]] is coronated as Kaiser of the German Empire.
* August 31 to November 9 - The [[Jack the Ripper]] murders take place in the Whitechapel district of London.
* November 6 - [[Benjamin Harrison]] wins the 1888 Presidential Election against incumbent President [[Grover Cleveland]].

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* March 12 - [[Alfred Leonard Cline]]
* June 6 - [[Wilhelm Werner]]
* August 6 - [[Salvador Castaneda Castro]]
* September 20 - [[Karl Jäger]]
* September 28 - [[Heitarō Kimura]]
* November 24 - [[Fritz Klein]]
* December 16 - [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]]

=== Victim births ===
== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===

=== Victim deaths ===

* August 31 - Mary Ann Nichols
* September 8 - Annie Eliza Chapman
* September 30 - Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes
* November 9 - Mary Jane Kelly