Events Published popular music \n* "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother" w. Henry Miller m. Joseph P. Skelly \n* "The Farmer In The Dell" trad \n* "La Golondrina" m. Narisco Serradell\n* "Polly Wolly Doodle (All The Day)" trad \n* "Ring Dem Heavenly Bells" by Sam Lucas\n* "She Does The Fandango All Over The Place" w.m. G. W. Hunt \n* "There Is A Tavern In The Town" anon \n* "Transit Of Venus March" m. John Philip Sousa Classical music Symphony No. 3 by Johannes Brahms\n* Voices Of Spring m. Johann Strauss published March 9 Opera \nMusical theater Ein Nacht In Venedig (A Night In Venice) Berlin production \n* Ein Nacht In Venedig (A Night In Venice) Vienna production Births\n*May 26 - Mamie Smith \n*November 8 - Arnold Bax, composer \n*December 3 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer Deaths\n*February 13 - Richard Wagner, German composer \n*October 30 - Robert Volkmann, composer