Music Premiere
Feb 10 Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F premieres
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- May 4 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
William Schwenck Gilbert