May 27 British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector

May 20 The first commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)

May 30 W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days

May 25 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite

May 06 The birth of Rudolph Valentino, Silent film star

May 24 Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison

May 08 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki

May 24 Henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight

Jan 05 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank in anti-semitic trial; later declared innocent

Jan 13 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband," premieres in London

Jan 05 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent

Jan 15 French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar

Jan 17 Félix Faure installed as President of France

Jan 31 José Martí &others leave New York City NY for invasion of Spanish Cuba

Jan 17 Félix Faure installed as President of France

Jan 30 C J Eady (Tasmania) first Australian to score twin centuries (vs Victoria)

Jan 30 SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed

Jan 31 José Martí &others leave New York City NY for invasion of Spanish Cuba

Jan 01 The birth of J. Edgar Hoover, Former head of American F.B.I

Jan 17 French President Casimir-Perier resigns

Jan 15 Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record

Jan 17 French President Casimir-Perier resigns

Jan 30 Tasmania beat Victoria for first F-C victory in 41 years

Jan 29 King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed

Jan 05 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent

Jan 01 Norway adopts Mid-European time

Jan 01 Norway adopts Mid-European time

Feb 11 -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)

Feb 23 William Heard, AME minister & educator, named minister to Liberia

Feb 24 Cuban war of independence begins

Feb 04 First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago

Feb 13 Moving picture projector patented

Feb 01 The birth of John Ford, American director.

Feb 20 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO

Feb 11 Georgetown became part of Washington DC

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