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.
The National Trust (UK) was founded as an independent charity to conserve England's environment and heritage.
Alfred Dreyfus is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Nicholas II became Tsar of Russia.
Inventor Daniel Cooper patented the first time clock in the US.
A day after Japan wins the Battle of Pyongyang it defeats China in the Battle of the Yalu River.
Battle of Pyongyang ends with decisive Japanese victory.
Over 400 people died in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
A Japanese scientist, Shibasaburo Kitasato, isolated the bacterium of the Bubonic Plague.
Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) to help fight discrimination.
World's first competitive motor race.
Tower Bridge officially opened in London.
Labor Day became an official US holiday.
The Polio epidemic took hold for the first time in the US at Rutland, Vermont.
The world's favorite soda, Coca-Cola, was sold in glass bottles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies.
Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
Women's right to vote in New Zealand was given Royal Assent.
33-year-old Katharine Lee Bates wrote the famous song 'America the Beautiful.'
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
Center left-wing Independent Labour Party was formed in Britain with Keir Hardie as the leader.
"The Nutcracker" makes its debut in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in American schools.
Notorious American outlaws, The Dalton Brothers, set out to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The first-ever American football game played at night occurred in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper was published for the first time.
Abby and Andrew Borden are murdered.
Abercrombie & Fitch opened their first store in Manhattan, New York City, US.
The Sierra Club was formed.
The General Electric Company was formed in New York.
Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada.
Oscar Wilde's ''Lady Windermere Fan" premiered at St James Theatre, London, UK.
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
The rules of Basketball are published.
Black men were chased away by gunmen after trying to rescue white survivors during a mine explosion.
Ellis Island opened as a US immigration inspection station.
The first Negro Catholic priest, Charles Uncles, was ordained in the US.
An all-steel church called San Sebastian Church opened in Manila, Philippines.
Tchaikovsky conducted the first public concert at the newly-built Music Hall in New York City.
The world's first weightlifting championship took place in London, England.
A five-day blizzard started in the south of England and killed 200 people.
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place.
King William III of the Netherlands died at age 73 and had no male heirs. His throne was given to his daughter Princess Wilhelmina.
Daniel McCree patented the portable fire escape in the US.
The United States Congress established Yosemite National Park.
The US Congress abolished the gold dollar and three-dollar coins.
