17 – The first assassination attempt is made against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, armed with a dagger. The King survives with a slight wound in one arm. Prime minister Benedetto Cairoli blocks the aggressor, receiving a leg injury. November 21 – The Second Anglo-Afghan War commences, when the British attack Ali Masjid in the Khyber Pass. November 26 – American-born artist James McNeill Whistler's libel case against English critic John Ruskin, over a review of the painting Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, (in which Whistler is described as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face"), is decided in the High Court of Justice in London. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages and only half of the costs, leading to his bankruptcy, and alienates patrons. December 7 – The United States territory of New Mexico is linked to the rest of the nation by railroad for the first time, as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurates a newly completed line through the Raton Pass. December 18 – French passenger steamer Byzantin founders in the Dardanelles during a gale after collision with British SS Rinaldo, killing around 210 people, with only 14 crew of the Byzantin saved. December 25 – Stella Maris Church, Sliema on Malta becomes a parish, seceding from the Parish of St. Helen's in Birkirkara. Date unknown U.S. arbitration rejects Argentine claims to Paraguay's part of the Chaco region. Otto von Bismarck abandons his , and forces through legislation outlawing the Social Democrats. The 10-year Nauruan Tribal War breaks out. Yellow fever in the Mississippi Valley kills over 13,000. Foundation of: Nainital Cantonment. The Buchan School, Isle of Man. The Johns Hopkins University Press, America's oldest university press. Geiger (corporation), formed as Geiger Brothers. Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard, as predecessor of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a motorbike, helicopters, rolling stock and shipbuilding in Japan. The following English Association football clubs: Everton Football Club, formed as St Domingo. Grimsby Town F.C., formed as Grimsby Pelham. Ipswich Town Football Club, formed as amateur club Ipswich A.F.C. They will not turn professional until 1936. Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club, the team that will become Manchester United. West Bromwich Albion F.C., formed as West Bromwich Strollers F.C. Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina is published complete in book form in Moscow. Lester Allan Pelton produces the first operational Pelton wheel.