Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: John S. Crosman (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), James S. Slingerland (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
June 29 –
Kidder massacre: A
Sioux and
Cheyenne war party kills U.S. Second Lieutenant Lyman Kidder, along with an Indian scout and ten enlisted men in Kansas.
July–September
July 2 – The first elevated railroad in the U.S. begins service in New York.
Clarke School for the Deaf in
Northampton, Massachusetts opens its doors for the first time, becoming the first school for the deaf in the United States to teach deaf children how to communicate with others using the "oral method".
^Clifton J., Philips (1971). "Fearn, Anne Walter". In James, Edward T. (ed.). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1. p. 603.
ISBN978-0-67462-734-5.
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: John S. Crosman (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), James S. Slingerland (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
June 29 –
Kidder massacre: A
Sioux and
Cheyenne war party kills U.S. Second Lieutenant Lyman Kidder, along with an Indian scout and ten enlisted men in Kansas.
July–September
July 2 – The first elevated railroad in the U.S. begins service in New York.
Clarke School for the Deaf in
Northampton, Massachusetts opens its doors for the first time, becoming the first school for the deaf in the United States to teach deaf children how to communicate with others using the "oral method".
^Clifton J., Philips (1971). "Fearn, Anne Walter". In James, Edward T. (ed.). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1. p. 603.
ISBN978-0-67462-734-5.