The Hawaiian Fire Department was established.
The British poet Alfred Lord Tennyson became Britain's Poet Laureate.
The fourth great fire of San Francisco happened, destroying a considerable portion of the city.
California became the 31st state to join the United States of America.
Honolulu became an official city.
Inventor Benjamin J. Lane patented the first self-contained gas mask.
The Women's College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
