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Rudyard Kipling publishes his Just So Stories for Little Children
In his pamphlet What is to be done? Lenin argues for early action to promote revolution
French automobile pioneer Leon Serpollet sets a new land speed record, driving a steam car at 75 mph along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
A.E. Kennelly and Oliver Heaviside independently see the link between the atmosphere and the behaviour of radio waves
The play Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, fosters Irish nationalism
A treaty at Vereeniging ends the Boer War and brings the Boer republics under British control
Charles Pathé develops film facilities capable of mass production, in Vincennes near Paris
Irish politician Arthur Griffith launches Sinn Fein, as an organization campaigning for a strong and independent Ireland
After the defeat of neighbouring Transvaal in the Boer War, the British take sole control of Swaziland
'Land of Hope and Glory' features in its lasting form as the finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published commercially, a year after being first printed by Beatrix Potter at her own expense
The sculptor Aristide Maillol has his first one-man exhibition, at the Galerie Vollard in Paris
Augustus John meets his favourite subject Dorothy McNeill, to whom he gives the Gypsy name Dorelia
John Masefield's poem 'Sea Fever' is published in Salt-Water Ballads
Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths is performed at the Moscow Art Theatre
Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles begins publication in serial form
W.B. Yeats heads a group of writers and directors in establishing the Irish National Theatre Society
Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande has its premiere in Paris
Henry James publishes the first of his three last novels, The Wings of the Dove
French film pioneer Georges Méliès uses trick effects for his film Journey to the Moon
The tenor Enrico Caruso cuts his first phonograph records in Milan, beginning an immensely successful recording career
William K. Vanderbilt drives the first internal-combustion car to win the land speed record, at 76 mph at Ablis in France
Joseph Conrad publishes a collection of stories including Heart of Darkness, a sinister tale based partly on his own journey up the Congo
Lenin's supporters become known as the Bolsheviks ('majority') as opposed to the Mensheviks ('minority') after a split at the party's Second Congress
Sibelius writes Valse Triste as incidental music to a play, Kuolema, by his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt
