- Jan 28 Opera "Goyescas" premieres in New York City
Music Recording
Feb 5 Enrico Caruso records "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co.
- Feb 11 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
- Feb 17 Sigmund Romberg, James Hanley, Harold R. Atteridge and Edgar Smith's musical Robinson Crusoe Jr. premieres in NYC
- Aug 31 Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow" premieres in London
- Oct 14 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.
- Nov 16 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC