Technology
- May 13 - Guglielmo Marconi sends the first ever wireless communication over open sea when the message "Are you ready" is transmitted across the Bristol Channel from Lavernock Point in South Wales to Flat Holm Island, a distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi).
- June 26 - At the British Fleet Review, Charles Parsons gives a spectacular display of the unprecedented speed attainable by his steam turbine-powered Turbinia.
- August 10 - Rudolf Diesel builds his first working prototype Diesel engine in Augsburg.
- Hiram P. Maxim develops the muffler in conjunction with the suppressor.
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