- 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
Music History
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