Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
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.
