After a terrible winter in which forty of his 100 men die, probably from scurvy, Colonel Henry Leavenworth moves his soldiers to Camp Coldwater, about a mile northwest of the proposed site of Fort St. Anthony (later renamed Fort Snelling), which the troops later constructed. Local Dakota people already call the site Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring).

Charles Albert "Chief" Bender is born in Brainerd. The Ojibwe pitcher was the first Minnesotan inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He pitched in five World Series for the Philadelphia Athletics, and his career record was 212 wins and 127 losses.

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater presents its first Minneapolis May Day Parade. Part peaceful protest, part carnival, the parade is a South Minneapolis tradition, occurring every year on the first Sunday of May.

Soldiers expel Selkirker squatters from the Fort Snelling military reservation and burn their cabins. Although the Selkirkers had moved to escape the fort's boundaries the year before, a new survey showed that they remained within the military's jurisdiction. The settlers then relocated to the site that later became the city of St. Paul.

Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the third state capitol building, designed by Cass Gilbert.

Mary Ann Courteau, who later became known as singer and songwriter Mary MacGregor, is born in St. Paul. In 1976 she recorded the pop song "Torn Between Two Lovers," which became a number-one hit the following year. She married Paul D. MacGregor on November 13, 1971, but they later divorced.

Eastern Minnesota is organized as part of Indiana Territory by an act of Congress.

Two days after arriving in Faribault with his new locomobile, an expensive two-seat roadster, Dr. R. N. Jackson is involved in an accident, breaking his ribs and collarbone.

Governor Adolf O. Eberhart declares Minnesota's first Mother's Day holiday.

Future baseball hall-of-famer James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter, pitching for the Oakland Athletics, throws a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins. The final score is 4-0.

Orville Freeman is born in Minneapolis. He served as the state's governor from 1955 to 1961 and later as US secretary of agriculture. While governor, he responded to the 1959 strike at the Wilson & Company packinghouse in Albert Lea by declaring martial law and closing the plant.

Tobacco companies settle a landmark suit with the State of Minnesota and insurance provider Blue Cross and Blue Shield for a total of 6.5 billion dollars. Along with companies in Mississippi, Texas, and Florida, Minnesota firms lead the charge in taking on the previously ironclad Big Tobacco legal teams through organized class-action suits.