Fatto generale: 1888 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 1888 is an uninteresting number.
Trivia: 1888 is an uninteresting number.
Data storica: March 2nd is the day in 1808 that the inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.