"The Wasp"
Jan 1 Ambrose Bierce is appointed editor of "The Wasp" magazine
Watson Meets Holmes
Jan 1 Dr John Watson is first introduced to Sherlock Holmes in story written by Arthur Conan Doyle
Music Premiere
Jan 2 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Violin Concerto in B, premieres in Paris, France, with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate as soloist and dedicatee
"Academic Festival Overture"
Jan 4 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres in Breslau
Oriental Telephone Company
Jan 25 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
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