"Vera; or, The Nihilists" premieres at the Union Square Theatre in New York City, USA.
This was Oscar Wilde's first play, and a relatively minor (and flawed) work in his overall breadth of work. It was set in Russia, and it was a tragedy about the life of Vera Zasulich, the Russian socialist activist. This was the play that Wilde first tried to get performed in America, and succeeded by the end of the summer in 1883.
Sources:
"Vera; or, The Nihilists." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera;_or,_The_Nihilists.
Weiss, Michael. "Vera and the Nihilists." The New Criterion, https://newcriterion.com/2008/04/vera-and-the-nihilists/.