10th » A landslide dam on the Dadu River (China) called Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
25th » Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island (Alaska) e.g St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
29th » Alexander Macdonell (bishop) called Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.