A 7.2 MwBlack Sea earthquake occurs off the northeast coast of Bulgaria, with a maximum intensity of X (Extreme). A destructive tsunami affects the province of Dobrich.
- The okapi is observed for the first time (previously known only to local natives).
- New Zealand inventor Ernest Godward invents the spiral hairpin.
- American businessman William S. Harley draws up plans for his first prototype motorcycle.
- German Oscar Troplowitz invents for German company Beiersdorf the medical plaster patch called "Leukoplast".
- German engineer Richard Fiedler invents the modern Flamethrower, the Kleinflammenwerfer.