Music Premiere
Feb 10 Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F premieres
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Thomas Edison's Phonograph
May 4 Thomas Edison's Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
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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