The first-ever classified ad was published in The Times, London, UK.
Martial Law was declared in Seattle by President Grover Cleveland due to anti-Chinese unrest.
German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile.
Modern hockey is born.
Indian National Congress (INC) founded.
A samurai called Itō Hirobumi became Japan's first Prime Minister.
Sylvanus Bowser's invention of the gasoline pump was delivered to a dealer in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US.
The first cafeteria in the US opened in New York City.
The first-ever Japanese patent was issued.
Joseph Pulitzer wrote an article in New York World to ask the public to donate towards constructing the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty.
The first successful rabies vaccine was successfully tested on a 9-year-old boy in France.
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City.
Jan Matzeliger gave a public demonstration about his shoe-producing invention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The oldest soft drink brand, Dr Pepper, sold its very first bottle in the USA.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
John B. Meyenberg from St. Louis, Missouri, patented powdered milk.
The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK, was adopted as the world's Prime Meridian.
Inventor George Eastman patented his 35mm photographic film in the US.
Foundations were placed on Bedloe's Island, New York City, to become home of the Statue of Liberty.
The world's first stock index was published.
Construction started on Chicago's first-ever skyscraper for the Home Insurance Company of New York.
Canada's last-ever sighting of the Eastern Cougar was found in Ontario.
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 first Orient Express leaves Paris.
President Arthur and NY Governor Cleveland opened the Brooklyn Bridge.
The first telephone call was made between New York and Chicago.
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.
Robert Ford killed American outlaw Jesse James in St Joseph, Missouri.
A fire destroyed Vienna's Ring Theater, which killed between 640-850 people.
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.
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.
After being in construction for 632 years, the Cologne Cathedral was completed.
The first payphone went into service in the US.
Werner von Siemens presents the world's first electric locomotive.
The war on the Pacific began after Chile declared war with Bolivia and Peru.
The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New York.
