Father Lucien Galtier arrives in St. Peters (Mendota) to organize a Catholic church. He soon builds a chapel down the river at the settlement that becomes known as St. Paul.

The first baseball game is played at Metropolitan Stadium. The Wichita Braves beat the Minneapolis Millers, 5-3.

In a scene reminiscent of a biblical plague, thousands of frogs overrun Melrose. The Melrose Beacon explains that the frogs' annual migratory pattern runs through town.

Seth Eastman becomes commander of Fort Snelling for a third time, holding the post until May 14.

World-famous soprano Lily Pons gives a concert as her husband, Andre Kostelanetz, conducts the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Arbor Day is renamed "Loring Day," and over one thousand elms are planted in honor of Charles M. Loring, visionary of Minneapolis's park system.

Observers claim to see a lake monster swimming in Lake Pepin.

Frank McManus, charged with molesting a four-year-old girl, is lynched by a mob at Central High School in Minneapolis.

Joseph Haskell finishes constructing his farmhouse near Afton. His is the first commercial farm north of Prairie du Chien.

Sauk Centre's Sinclair Lewis declines the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Arrowsmith, saying that awards inhibit creativity and make writers lazy.