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• January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W. Paul developed their own film projector, the Theatrograph (later known as the Animatograph ).
• January - In the United States, a projector called the Vitascope was designed by Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. Armat began working with Thomas Edison to manufacture the Vitascope , which projected motion pictures.
• Pathé Frères film company founded
• April - Thomas Edison and Thomas Armat's Vitascope is used to project motion pictures in public screenings in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,
• May 14May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). There are 231 days remaining. Events 1264 Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. 1483 Coronat - Tsar Nicholas IINicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia ( 6 May 1868 to 4 July 1918 in the Julian Calendar, or 18 May 1868 to 17 July 1918 in the Gregorian Calendar), was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. He ruled from November 1 1894 until his abdication on Ma of RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With crowned in MoscowMoscow ( Russian: Moskva capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 878. The city's population is rapidly increasing, with 11. 2 million inhabitants counted in 2004. The city is in the federal district called Central Russia (which is, in the first coronationA coronation is a ceremony in which a monarch is crowned. Historically, in many kingdoms, the coronation was a highly religious ceremony in which anointing with holy oil, followed by ratification as the proper occupant of the throne, are important parts. ever recorded in film.
• French magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès begins experimenting with the new motion picture technology, developing early special effects techniques, including stop-motion photography.
• The first kiss ever on film was in 1896 involving the great Canadian star May Irwin and John C. Rice .