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Gustave Flaubert dies, with his novel Bouvard et Pécuchet incomplete
French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza forestalls Stanley in opening up the Congo, reaching Stanley Pool ahead of him
Russian composer Alexander Borodin writes In the Steppes of Central Asia as part of the silver jubilee celebrations for Alexander II
Dostoevsky publishes his novel The Brothers Karamazov, featuring the four sons of the depraved Feodor Pavlovich Karamazov
The Boers inflict a convincing defeat on a British army at Majuba, in the Transvaal
The first pogroms, or officially sanctioned attacks on Jews and their property, take place in Russia
Russia's reforming tsar, Alexander II, is killed by hand-made grenades thrown at his carriage in St Petersburg
France invades Tunisia from Algeria, and in the Treaty of Bardo forces the bey of Tunis to accept the status of a French protectorate
The Tynwald in the Isle of Man becomes the first parliament to give women the vote
London's new Savoy Theatre is the first public building in the world to be lit throughout by electricity
The British withdraw from Afghanistan, having achieved nothing in the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Stanley finds Brazza's French tricolor already flying on the north bank of the Congo, on the site of what later becomes Brazzaville
Henry James's novel The Portrait of a Lady studies an American girl, Isabel Archer, in the unfamiliar context of Europe
The Aesthetic Movement and 'art for art's sake', attitudes personified above all by Whistler and Wilde, are widely mocked and satirized in Britain
Eadweard Muybridge projects slow-motion images of a trotting horse as a demonstration at London's Royal Institution
Stanley establishes a foothold for Leopold II on the southern bank of the Congo, at a site which he names Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
Irish chief secretary Lord Frederick Cavendish and a colleague are assassinated in Phoenix Park in Dublin
The first settlements of European Jews, returning to the promised land, are established in Palestine
Italy, previously non-aligned, signs a Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary
Anti-western riots in Alexandria result in many deaths and provoke a British invasion
When Australia win the second Test match, in London, the Sporting Times declares that they will take home with them 'the ashes of English cricket'
English polymath Francis Galton publishes Inquiries in Human Faculty, developing the theme of eugenics and coining the term
French marines land at Tamatave in Madagascar to protect French interests and assert French control
Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure story, Treasure Island, features Long John Silver and Ben Gunn
French artist Claude Monet moves to Giverny, where he creates and paints a famous lily pond
