Music Premiere
Feb 22 Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F premieres at a Russian Musical Society concert in Moscow [February 10 O.S.]
Thomas Edison's Phonograph
May 4 Thomas Edison's Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
Music Premiere
May 25 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" premieres in London, their first international success