| - Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde published.
- First Irish Home Rule Bill introduced to the House of Commons, but defeated.
- Gladstone returns as Prime Minister for five months, Salisbury then returns.
| - The dinner jacket (tuxedo) developed.
- John Pemberton began selling Coca-Cola.
- Sigmund Freud opens his practice in Vienna.
- Statue of Liberty dedicated.
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