Booker T. Washington graduated from Hampton Normal Institute in Virginia and returned to teach Sunday school at the African Zion Baptist Church
Edward Willis moved the Broaddus Female College (now part of Alderson Broaddus University) to Clarksburg
Cumberland Valley Railroad reached Martinsburg
Joseph Beury left Quinnimont
Benjamin C. Criswell won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Little Big Horn
James Putney died
Henry Koontz died and Easton Roller Mill was taken over by the Anderson family
Jedediah Hotchkiss' Virginia: A Geographical and Political Summary was published for the Virginia legislature
The impeachment trial of John Burdett in the Senate removed him from office of Treasurer
Maurice Sullivan sold his land atop Irish Mountain to J. J. Kane for a church and cemetery
Jackson's Mill was sold outside the Jackson family after the death of Catherin Jackson White
Kudzu was first introduced in the U.S. at Philadelphia trade exposition as an ornamental
George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County
George Wesley Atkinson wrote The History of Kanawha County
The new Berkeley Hotel opened in Martinsburg
John McGraw received a law degree at Yale University
The New Dominion was established by Julian Fleming and William Jacos
The second courthouse in Elizabethtown was built
New Cumberland's first newspaper, The Independent began publication
Samuel Price unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate.
Daniel Purinton married Florence A. Lyon.
William MacCorkle came to West Virginia to teach in Pocahontas County.
Nathan Scott became the president of Central Glass Company
Robert Simmons was a delegate to the Republican national convention
The Wheeling firm, Wheeling Centre Tannery, became known as J. G. Hoffman and Sons
Alexander Wade held his first exams
A cabin built by "Uncle Doc" Smith replaced the original Watters Smith cabin in southern Harrison County
Originally called "New Hall," Woodburn Hall was completed at WVU
I.C. White began working for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey
