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Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya is directed by Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre
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
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 Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov keeps dogs alive almost indefinitely by severely curtailing their bodily functions
Queen Victoria dies at Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight, after 63 years on the throne
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
Thomas Mann's first novel, Buddenbrooks, brings him immediate success
Beatrix Potter publishes at her own expense The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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
The British batsman C.B. Fry hits a record six consecutive centuries in first-class cricket
The first of Edward Elgar's five Pomp and Circumstance marches has a trio section that becomes "Land of Hope and Glory"
Sergei Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto gives him renewed confidence after the disaster of his First Symphony in 1897
Frederick Delius completes his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, but it is not performed until 1907 in Berlin
Charles Rennie Mackintosh designs the interior of Miss Cranston's Ingram Street Tea Rooms in Glasgow
Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters has its premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Stanislavsky
Guglielmo Marconi transmits a radio message in Morse code 2100 miles, from Poldhu in Cornwall to St John's in Newfoundland
Robert Falcon Scott sets off in the Discovery on his first expedition to the Antarctic
Frank Hornby begins to market in Britain his immensely successful Meccano kits
Ebenezer Howard republishes his earlier book of 1898 as Garden Cities of Tomorrow
Venezuela defaults on European interest payments and is soon threatened by British, German and Italian warships
