Event of Interest
Jan 1 Dr John Watson is first introduced to Sherlock Holmes in story written by Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle
Appointment of Interest
Jan 1 Ambrose Bierce is appointed editor of "The Wasp" magazine

Ambrose Bierce
- Jan 2 Camille Saint-Saƫns' 3rd Concerto in B, premieres
Event of Interest
Jan 4 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres in Breslau

Johannes Brahms
Event of Interest
Jan 25 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison