| January 1 | 9 hour work day for diamond miners |
| January 2 | Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine |
| January 2 | Japanese troops capture Port Arthur |
| January 5 | Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara |
| January 5 | National Association of Audubon Society incorporates |
| January 9 | Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops |
| January 14 | Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in New York City |
| January 15 | Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater |
| January 16 | Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months |
| January 16 | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals |
| January 17 | Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago |
| January 18 | French government of Combes falls |
| January 22 | Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops |
| January 25 | World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa |
| January 26 | Arnold Schonberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna |
| January 26 | Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea |
| January 27 | Maurice Rouvier forms government in France |
| January 31 | 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach |
| January 31 | Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor |
| February 1 | Hague soccer team ADO froms |
| February 1 | Hungarian premier Tisza resigns |
| February 7 | Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US |
| February 7 | Oklahoma admitted to statehood |
| February 8 | Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people |
| February 11 | James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299 -last pin breaks but stands |
| February 11 | Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos |
| February 13 | -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) |
| February 13 | -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) |
| February 13 | -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) |
| February 15 | 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) |
| February 16 | 1st U.S. Esperanto club organizes in Boston |
| February 17 | Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall |
| February 18 | Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben," premieres in Munich |
| February 23 | Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago |
| February 24 | Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed |
| February 25 | Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms |
| March 3 | U.S. Forest Service forms |
| March 4 | Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga," premieres in Berlin |
| March 10 | Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) |
| March 11 | Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1 |
| March 17 | Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in NY |
| March 25 | Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South |
| March 28 | Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used |
| March 31 | German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger |
| April 1 | British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya |
| April 2 | Cairo-Capetown railway opens |
| April 4 | Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 |
| April 5 | James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire," premieres in London |
| April 12 | French Dufaux brothers test helicopter |
| April 12 | Hippodrome arena opens in New York City |
| April 17 | U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional |
| April 19 | 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4 |
| April 22 | Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam |
| April 24 | 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey vs. Gentlemen (18 and 28) |
| April 24 | Senators execute a triple-play and beat Yankees 4-3 |
| April 25 | Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Australia season (NSW vs. Qld) |
| April 25 | Whites win right to vote in South Africa |
| April 26 | Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play |
| April 27 | World Exposition opens in Luik |
| April 29 | 2" rain falls in 10 minutes in Taylor, Texas |
| April 29 | Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon |
| April 30 | 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4) |
| May 2 | French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work |
| May 5 | Robert S. Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender" |
| May 10 | 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75 |
| May 13 | James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ |
| May 14 | 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belgium 4-0 |
| May 15 | Las Vegas, Nevada founded |
| May 15 | Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville |
| May 17 | Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball |
| May 19 | Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ |
| May 22 | Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School |
| May 24 | 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 |
| May 26 | A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia |
| May 27 | 30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8 |
| May 27 | Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima |
| May 29 | Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania |
| May 31 | Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger |
| June 1 | Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon |
| June 6 | French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request |
| June 7 | Norway dissolves union with Sweden, in effect since 1814 |
| June 10 | 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine |
| June 11 | Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours |
| June 13 | New York Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 |
| June 25 | Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation |
| June 27 | Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" |
| July 3 | Kuyper government forms in Holland |
| July 3 | Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| July 4 | Philadelphia A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game |
| July 7 | 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record) |
| July 8 | Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center |
| July 10 | Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court |
| July 11 | Black intellectuals and activists organize Niagara movement |
| July 11 | Niagara Movement founded by W. E. B. Dubois |
| July 22 | Philadelphia Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St. Louis Browns, 6-0 |
| July 24 | Treaty of Bjorko: Emperor Wilhelm II/czar Nicholas II |
| July 30 | Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms |
| July 31 | Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa |
| August 6 | 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) |
| August 9 | Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him |
| August 12 | King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp |
| August 14 | Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa |
| August 15 | Philadelphia A's Rube Waddell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings |
| August 16 | Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa |
| August 17 | Dutch government of De Master begins |
| August 19 | Russian tsar installs "Imperial Duma," without legislative powers |
| August 24 | Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings |
| August 29 | Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville |
| August 30 | Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa |
| August 30 | Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro |
| August 31 | 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119) |
| August 31 | Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa |
| September 1 | Alberta and Saskatchewan become 8th and 9th Canadian provinces |
| September 5 | Lillian Mortimer's "No Mother to Guide," premieres in Detroit |
| September 5 | Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War |
| September 6 | Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms |
| September 6 | Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 |
| September 6 | General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) |
| September 8 | Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3 |
| September 10 | Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes |
| September 14 | Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated |
| September 14 | Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname |
| September 14 | RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man |
| September 18 | Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam |
| September 20 | Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning |
| September 22 | 11th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass |
| September 23 | Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken |
| September 27 | 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues |
| September 27 | Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 |
| October 5 | Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3" |
| October 9 | Philadelphia A's meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0 |
| October 14 | Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout |
| October 14 | New York Giants beats Philadelphia A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series |
| October 15 | Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres |
| October 15 | Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands |
| October 20 | Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days |
| October 20 | Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish |
| October 21 | England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds |
| October 23 | Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man," premieres in New York City |
| October 26 | 1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| October 26 | Union of Sweden and Norway ends |
| October 29 | Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured |
| October 30 | G.B. Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession," premieres in New York City |
| October 30 | "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties |
| October 30 | Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) |
| October 31 | Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg |
| November 4 | Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam |
| November 9 | Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages |
| November 10 | Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia |
| November 14 | David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in New York City |
| November 16 | Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia |
| November 18 | George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London |
| November 18 | Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway |
| November 21 | 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open |
| November 22 | British, Italian, Russisan, French and Austria-Hungary fleet attack Lesbos |
| November 23 | Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti |
| November 24 | Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel |
| November 28 | Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin |
| December 4 | British government of Balfour resigns |
| December 5 | Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes Prime Minister of England |
| December 9 | French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state |
| December 9 | Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden |
| December 11 | 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) |
| December 11 | British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms |
| December 16 | "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published |
| December 18 | H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW vs. Qld) |
| December 25 | V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in New York City |
| December 27 | M A Noble scores 281 (369 minutes, 21 fours) NSW vs. Victoria |
| December 28 | Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) |
| December 28 | NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings and 253 |
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