- Jan 28 Opera "Goyescas" premieres in New York City
"O Solo Mio"
Feb 5 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso records "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey
- Feb 11 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert, led by Gustav Strube of the Peabody Institute, at the Lyric Theatre
- Aug 31 Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow" premieres in London
- Oct 14 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.
- Nov 16 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC