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Historical Event(s)
– Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
– Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
– The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
– Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
– Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
– The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
– Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
– The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
– At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
– Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Who Were Born On ?
– Joseph Rosenstock, Polish conductor (d. 1985)
– Kama Chinen, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2010)
– Samuel Irving Newhouse, American publisher (d. 1979)
– László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
– Charles “Chic” Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
– Juan Perón, President of Argentina (d. 1974)
– Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
– Walter Gieseking, French pianist (d. 1956)
– Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
– José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)