Events
- January 2 - Newspapers in London, England erroneously report the death of Mark Twain. It is believed that the rumors began when Twain's cousin had become ill. Twain makes his famous statement "the report of my death was an exaggeration."
- July 25 - Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful stories.
- The comedy play Im weißen Rößl (The White Horse Inn), by Oscar Blumenthal and Gustav Kadelburg, opens in Berlin. Decades later it will be turned into a popular and successful musical play.
- The Grand Guignol is opened in Paris by Oscar Méténier.
- Benito Pérez Galdós is elected to the Real Academia Española.
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