Sumner School in Parkersburg added high school courses to its curriculum for black students.
Annie Bartlett married Leonidas Bartlett
Belle Boyd married her third husband Nathaniel High
Flat Top Coal Company established its headquarters in Bramwell
The state song "The West Virginia Hills" written by Ellen Ruddell was put to music by Henry Everett Engle
The Hale House burned down in Charleston
The move of the capital to Charleston occurred
Jacob Beeson Jackson left office as governor of West Virginia
Frances Benjamin Johnston ended her studies in Paris at the Academie Julian
One of the state's earliest telephone systems was installed in Weston
John H. Lilly planted two or three oak trees that are still standing today
John McGraw left as Taylor County prosecuting attorney
The Berkeley Castle was built as a summer cottage
The capital moved permanently back to Charleston aboard the Chesapeake and Belle Prince
The former state capital was used for the Ohio County Courthouse
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly moved its offices to Wheeling
Christopher Payne established the West Virginia Enterprise.
A new owner resumed mining at Ritchie Mines
The Ruffner Hotel was built in Charleston
The "West Virginia Mission" was organized under the Ohio conference
Morris Shawkey entered business college
I.C. White wrote an article in Science asserting his rediscovery of the anticlinal theory in the location of oil and gas
Woodlawn was incorporated as a public cemetery
