Norman W. Kittson is born in Sorel, Canada. When he arrived in Minnesota in 1834, Kittson made money by developing trade between St. Paul and the Red River and served as a legislator and as mayor of St. Paul. Late in life, he built a mansion in St. Paul, on a trail that led to town. To accommodate those accustomed to following the trail, Kittson left his front and back doors open for folks to pass through. The Cathedral of St. Paul was later built on the site.

Seven counties are formed by Minnesota's territorial legislature: Blue Earth, named for the Blue Earth River, along which blue clay was once found; Goodhue, named for newspaper editor James M. Goodhue (see March 31); Le Sueur, for French explorer Pierre Charles Le Sueur (see October 1); Nicollet, for French geographer Joseph N. Nicollet (see July 24); Rice, for territorial delegate to Congress Henry M.

Minnesota's territorial legislature incorporates the St. Paul Mutual Insurance Company, forerunner of the insurance giant St. Paul Companies, the state's oldest business corporation.

Farmers in Benton County form the state's first county agricultural society. Oliver H. Kelley, who would later found the National Grange, is one of ten charter members. County agricultural society members share information about stock, seeds, fruit, and farming practices.

The Dakota transfer land on Pike Island to Pelagie Faribault, wife of Jean Baptiste Faribault. The Faribaults build a house and live on the island until 1826, when they are evicted because, although the land grant was part of a treaty negotiated by Colonel Henry Leavenworth, Congress had never ratified it.

Organized baseball teams square off for the first time in Minnesota sports history when members of the Base Ball Club meet on a field in Nininger.

The Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Ohio names Charles K. Smith, a founder of the Minnesota Historical Society, the master for the first Masonic Lodge in Minnesota. An organizational meeting is held on September 8 in the Central House on Bench Street, St. Paul.

Humorist Garrison Keillor, creator of A Prairie Home Companion, is born in Anoka.

Towed by the Ottumwa Belle, the last log raft passes Winona. The sawmills downstream soon cease operations as the lumbering era draws to a close.

The legislature of Minnesota Territory decides to send an immigration commissioner to New York. Beginning in June, Eugene Burnand of St. Paul represents the territory in Manhattan, where he encourages immigrants to make Minnesota their new home.