Bruttius Balbus, a candidate for duovir[?] of Pompeii, mentioned in political graffiti (from Walls of Pompeii (http://www.cis.vt.edu/fac/thb/1124/wallsofpompeii))
... becomes the first person to make a political recording of a document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder.
March 4 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retrea ...