The musical 'Cordelia's Aspirations' was performed for the first time at Theatre Comique, New York, US.
The Orient Express started its first journey from Paris to Istanbul.
In Java, Indonesia, the Krakatoa volcano erupted and destroyed 70% of the island and its surroundings.
The last Quagga dies in captivity at the Natura Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
The first Orient Express leaves Paris.
President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland opened the Brooklyn Bridge.
When Cubs' player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
Thomas Edison's first overhead electric lighting system began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
First Christmas tree to be illuminated by electric lights displayed.
The first power plant in the US, 'Pearl Street Station,' in Manhattan, New York, started generating electricity.
The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
Charles J. Guiteau was hung until dead for the assassination of US President James A. Garfield.
Henry W. Seely patented the electric iron in the US.
Charles Darwin, who taught the world the theory of evolution by natural selection, died at 73 years old.
Robert Ford killed American outlaw Jesse James in St Joseph, Missouri.
Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which is bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB).
P.T. Barnum purchased the world-famous circus elephant Jumbo.
German composer Richard Wagner completed 'Parsifal' – one of his most famous operas.
A fire destroyed Vienna's Ring Theater, which killed between 640-850 people.
The Los Angeles Times was first published as the Los Angeles Daily Times.
A meteorite weighing 8kg landed southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
The most famous western gunfight happened at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
The first-ever inaugural US National Championship for tennis occurred in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Hurricane Five struck Florida and caused 700 fatalities.
American outlaw Billy the Kid, also known as William H, Bonney was shot dead by police.
Charles J. Guiteau shot US President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton, a pioneering American nurse.
Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
The world's first black international football player, Andrew Watson, played his first of three matches in Scotland.
Arthur takes office as vice president in the presidential administration of James Garfield.
A 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk called 'Cleopatra's Needle' was erected in Central Park, New York, US.
Alcohol was prohibited in Kansas.
Harper and Brothers published Lew Wallace's novel 'Ben-Hur: a Tale of the Christ.'
After being in construction for 632 years, the Cologne Cathedral was completed.
The first payphone went into service in the US.
A patent for his electric lamp invention was given to Thomas Edison.
Inventor Richard Rhodes received the patent for a hearing aid.
Oldsmobile is founded by Ransom Eli Olds of Olds Motor Works.
Werner von Siemens presents the world's first electric locomotive.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
The war on the Pacific began after Chile declared war with Bolivia and Peru.
The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New York.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Madison Square Garden in New York City opened North America's first artificial ice rink.
Sandford Fleming proposes the use of time zones.
The modern state of Qatar was founded with Jassim Bin Mohammad Al Thani as its leader.
The Treaty of Berlin was signed, granting Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania independence from Turkey.
The first motion picture was filmed using several cameras to capture galloping horses.
American Congress eliminated the twenty-cent coin.
