and is the 47th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 125. June 29–30 – First Inter-Parliamentary Conference held. July–September July 8 The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published in New York City. The last official bare-knuckle boxing title fight is held (under London Prize Ring Rules): Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy, defeats Jake Kilrain in a world championship bout, lasting 75 rounds, in Mississippi. July 14 – International Workers Congresses of Paris open, and establish the Second International. July 15 – The Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II, survives an assassination attempt in Rio de Janeiro. July 31 – Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, marries Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. August 3 – Mahdist War: Battle of Toski – Egyptian and British troops are victorious. August 4 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project. August 6 – The Savoy Hotel in London opens. August 10 – At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum (), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors. August 14–September 15 – London Dock Strike: Dockers strike for a minimum wage of sixpence an hour (The dockers' tanner), which they eventually receive (a landmark in the development of New Unionism in Britain). August 26 – The Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act, commonly known as the Children's Charter, is passed in the United Kingdom; for the first time it imposes criminal penalties to deter child abuse. August 30 – The Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Sorting Office officially opens in London. August – The Jewish settlement of Moisés Ville is founded in Argentina. September 10 – Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi becomes Albert I, Prince of Monaco. September 17 – Civil War veteran Charles Jefferson Wright founds New York Military Academy, with 75 students on of land in Cornwall, New York. September 23 – The Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded in Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi, to produce and market Hanafuda playing cards. October–December October 2 – In Washington, D.C., the first International Conference of American States begins. October 6 Mount Kilimanjaro's summit is first reached, by German geologist Hans Meyer with Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller. The Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris. October 12 –