5 January

Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne is born, the elder son of James and Henriette Tichborne.

Tichborne Claimant Convicted

A bankrupt butcher from Wagga Wagga said he was a lost English baronet. A grieving mother believed him; two juries and 188 court days did not.

Dreyfus is publicly degraded in the courtyard of the École Militaire.

Dreyfus Affair Disputed verdict

A torn note from a wastebasket, a Jewish captain sent to Devil's Island, and the real spy acquitted in three minutes: the injustice that split France.