December 28 – Virgil Earp is ambushed in Tombstone, Arizona, and loses the use of his left arm. Date unknown Kinshasa (the capital of the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) is founded by Henry Morton Stanley as a trading outpost called Léopoldville. On the Isle of Man (an internally self-governing dependent territory of the United Kingdom), the House of Keys Election Act extends the franchise for the national legislature to spinsters and widows owning real estate of a certain value. Edward Rudolf founds the Church of England Central Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays (modern-day The Children's Society). The Pali Text Society is founded by British scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids, for the study of Pali (Ceylonese) texts. Some Vatican archives are opened to scholars for the first time. Abilene, Texas, is founded. Rafaela, Argentina, is formed. New York City's oldest independent school for girls, the Convent of the Sacred Heart New York (91st Street), is founded. Culford School, a public school in Suffolk, England, is founded as the East Anglian School for Boys. Leyton Orient F.C. is founded in London. Meiji Law School, as predecessor of Meiji University, founded in Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Law College, as predecessor of Hosei University, was founded in Japan. The Vocational and Technical College of Tokyo, later Tokyo Institute of Technology, was founded in Japan. Hattori Watching Shop (服部時計店) founded by Kanetarō Hattori in Ginza, Tokyo, as predecessor of watch brand Seiko in Japan. Births January January 9 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet, critic (d. 1938) Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist, poet and novelist (d. 1956) January 13 – Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961) January 15 – John Rodgers, American naval officer, naval aviation pioneer (d. 1926) January 23 – Luisa Casati, Italian heiress, artistic muse and patron of the arts (d. 1957) January 30 – Whitford Kane, Irish-born American actor (d. 1956) January 31 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) February February 2 – Gustav Herglotz, German mathematician (d. 1953) February 4 Eulalio Gutiérrez, President of Mexico (d. 1939) Fernand Léger, French artist (d. 1955) Kliment Voroshilov, Russian military officer, politician (d. 1969) February 11 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (d. 1966) February 12 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931) February 13 – Eleanor Farjeon, English children's writer, poet (d. 1965) February 17 – Bess Streeter Aldrich, American fiction writer (d. 1954) February 21 –