23 December 1893 December 22, 2011 Author: Staff The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. Famous Words of Inspiration..."There is not less wit, not less invention, in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that book." Pierre Boyle — Click here for more from Pierre Boyle No related posts. Categories: History Tags: 1893, 23 December