Sun Yat-sen elected 1st pres of Republic of China 

Abraham Mills commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 

Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy 

Fire at Chicagos Iriquois Theater kills 602 

A petition to Queen Victoria with over one million names of women appealing for public houses to be closed on Sundays was handed to the home secretary 

Robert Boyle, Irish physicist and chemist, dies