January
Politics · January 27
Krakatoa Sequel Skies Debated in London Press
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June
Culture · June 17
Liberty Arrives in New York
The French steamer Isère docked in New York Harbor carrying the disassembled Statue of Liberty, packed into 214 wooden crates.
July
Science · July 6
Pasteur's First Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur administered his experimental rabies vaccine to nine-year-old Joseph Meister, saving the boy after he had been bitten repeatedly by a rabid dog.
September
Politics · September 6
Bulgaria's Unification
Bulgarian nationalists in Plovdiv staged a bloodless coup uniting the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria with Ottoman-ruled Eastern Rumelia.
November
Architecture · November 16
Liberty's Pieces Arrive
The last crate of the dismantled Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isère, ready for assembly.
Culture · November 27
The First Fabergé Egg
Peter Carl Fabergé presented Tsar Alexander III with the first jeweled Imperial Easter Egg, launching a tradition of Romanov extravagance.