Song of the Fates
Dec 10 Johannes Brahms' choir and orchestra piece "Gesang der Parzen" (Song of the Fates) premieres in Basel
Iolanthe
Dec 11 Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity holds its 1st performance, W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Iolanthe"
Fedora
Dec 11 Victorien Sardous play "Fedora" with Sarah Bernhardt premieres in Paris
Stanley Returns From the Congo
Dec 14 Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
First Christmas Lights
Dec 22 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
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