Battle at Amba Alagi
Dec 8 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II drives Italian General Baratieri out
Mahler's 2nd Symphony
Dec 13 First complete performance of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony ("Resurrection"), in Berlin, Germany, conducted by the composer
- Dec 17 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C.
- Dec 17 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
- Dec 24 George Vanderbilt opens Biltmore estate, the largest privately owned house in America at 178,926 square feet (16,622.8 m2) in Asheville, North Carolina
- Dec 28 Filmmakers the Lumiere brothers, hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris
- Dec 29 Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg
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