October - Baird achieves the first recognisable television image (more than a mere silhouette) in his laboratory. Baird drags office boy, William Taynton, in front of the camera to become the first face on television.
... July 22 - Wilson Barrett, actor
August 22 - Kate Chopin, author
August 25 - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter
August 29 - Murat V, deposed Ottoman sultan
September 26 - ...