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Edward Elgar writes the oratorio Dream of Gerontius, setting Cardinal Newman's poem of the same title
Gustave Charpentier's opera Louise has Paris premiere at the Opéra-Comique
German physicist Max Planck proposes the revolutionary concept of the quantum theory
Lenin and comrades launch in Munich a radical newspaper, Iskra ('the spark')
Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Lord Jim about a life of failure and redemption in the far East
Humbert I, the king of Italy, is assassinated by an Italian-American anarchist, Gaetano Bresci
The Welsh painter Augustus John becomes Britain's most famous bohemian
The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov keeps dogs alive almost indefinitely by severely curtailing their bodily functions
Stephen Wheeler is left as the last of the lightermen to use the St Helena Boathouses for coal and freight, and increasingly switches the focus of his business to the trade of boat-hiring.
Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, after 63 years on the throne
Daimler cars launch a new brand, the Mercedes 35 hp, named after the ten-year-old daughter of the investor and distributor Emil Jellinek
Six separate Australian colonies combine to form the independent Commonwealth of Australia
Edward VII is already 59 when he succeeds his mother, Victoria, as Britain's monarch
Vast crowds line the streets for the Milan funeral of a national hero, the 87-year-old composer Giuseppe Verdi
Thousands of women and children die in the concentration camps used by the British army for displaced Boer families
Photographer Eadweard Muybridge extends the range of his studies with Human Figure in Motion
Rusalka, by the Czech composer Anton Dvorák, is performed in Prague
Thomas Mann's first novel, Buddenbrooks, brings him immediate success
A stele is found at Susa, in Iran, giving the text of the Code of Hammurabi
Charles Voysey completes a house for himself, The Orchard, at Chorley Wood in Hertfordshire
Beatrix Potter publishes at her own expense The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Ransome Eli Olds manufactures the Curved Dash Oldsmobile on assembly line principles in Detroit
The concept of instant coffee is developed in Chicago by the Japanese American chemist Satori Kato
Rudyard Kipling's experiences of India are put to good use in his novel Kim
A change of palette by Pablo Picasso takes him into what becomes known as his Blue Period
