The Zeppelin Takes Off for the First Time.
The Rapid Transit Railroad broke ground on a new underground subway to link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
FC Barcelona was founded by a group of English, German, Swiss, and Spanish soccer players.
Isaac R. Johnson received his patent for the bicycle frame.
Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
John Burr patented a better rotary blade lawn mower, designed with traction wheels and a rotary blade that would not easily get stuck with grass clipping.
German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin granted a patent for the navigable balloon.
Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.
Opel builds its first automobile.
Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the vertical loop Roller Coaster.
The tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss premiered in Cologne, Germany.
J. L. Love patented his pencil sharpener in the US.
The first movie projector, correctly named the kinetoscope, was patented by Thomas Edison.
William B. Purvis patented the electric switch on railways that would shut off the electric supply after carriages pass the contact device.
The Erickson Brothers submitted the application for the first dial telephone patent.
Inventor Harvey Hubbell patented the popular light bulb with a pull chain.
Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
The first modern international Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
Aleksander Popov achieves the world's first radio transmission.
American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr. patented the first electric-powered bicycle.
The Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the United States' first-ever car race, with the winning car going an average of 7 miles per hour.
George B. Selden was granted the patent for a gasoline internal combustion engine car.
Englishman wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
John Brallier became the first openly paid professional American Football player when he was paid $10 to play a match.
Birt Acres, a British inventor, patented the film camera/projector.
Alexander Popov demonstrates the world's first radio receiver.
Oscar Wilde loses his criminal libel case triggered by accusations of homosexuality.
The Lumière brothers record their first footage.
Enrico Caruso makes his stage debut.
The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
World's first competitive motor race.
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is founded.
William Painter secured a patent for the capped bottle opener.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
Beatrix Potter wrote her first story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a letter for Noel Moore.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
Henri Desgrange made the world's first world record for a bicycle, reaching a speed of 21.95 miles per hour.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
The first issue of Vogue magazine was published.
Pudge Heffelfinger played his first paid game, making him the first professional American Football player.
Ida B. Wells published 'Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.'
The detective novel 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle was published.
The first-ever American football game played at night occurred in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada.
The rules of Basketball are published.
The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope was shown to members of the National Federation of Women's Club.
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
