China

• The Catholic Church in Lungshui of the Szechuan province is attacked by a mob of 30,000 people. Supposedly supported by the Big Sword and White Lotus Societies
  White Lotus Society
  The White Lotus Society primarily refers to White Lotus, originally a Buddhist sect, later a secret society.Fictional organizations very loosely based on the historical organization include:...
  
  , the attack would be the last of the societies' anti-foreigner campaigns as several of their leaders are executed and the remaining members return to daily lives.

United States

• Frank Lyons is pardoned by Louisiana
  Louisiana
  Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
  
   Governor Francis T. Nicholls
  Francis T. Nicholls
  Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls was an American attorney, politician, judge, and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
  
   and again re-forms the Yellow Henry Gang.
• January 25 - After the capture of two burglars the previous week in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, police close in on the remaining members of the Oak Street Gang who had been committing burglary over the past several months in the city of New Haven, Connecticut
  New Haven, Connecticut
  New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
  
   arresting five more members.
• May 1 - Tony Matranga is wounded in an ambush shooting while driving down New Orleans'
  New Orleans, Louisiana
  New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
  
   Esplanade Avenue with brother Charles Matranga. The attackers are driven off by the wounded Antionio Matranga, firing from their horse drawn wagon. Black Hand rival Joseph Provenzano is later indicted for the attack which later leads to the murder of police chief David C. Hennessy.
• May 6 - Rival longshoreman, representing the Matranga and Provanzano crime family, become involved in a shootout resulting in wounding three members of the Matrangas, including Anthony Matranga who eventually would have his leg amputated.
• October 15 - New Orleans Police Chief David C. Hennessy is killed by unknown assailants, believed to be an Italian extortionist organization, while investigating a gang war between rival factions. His murder and the acquittal of 17 suspects cause a lynch mob to storm the jail house and hang 11 of the men on March 14, 1891. The later anti-Italian riots would leave a long lasting resentment toward immigrants for decades.