23 December 1893 December 22, 2011 Author: Staff The opera Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. Famous Words of Inspiration..."If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been." Robert H. Schuller — Click here for more from Robert H. Schuller No related posts. Categories: History Tags: 1893, 23 December