Opening of Mercy Hospital, Melbourne - M Frances Hanigan
Foundation to Phillipines from Buffalo - M Vincent Vossler
Amalgamation of New Mexico/Arizona, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco to form Burlingame community
Foundation to St Alphonsus, New Orleans from St Louis
Independence, Iowa founded from Davenport - M Francis Monholland
Inauguration of Aged Care Services by Perth Congregation
Foundation to Nairobi from Dublin - M Imelda Collins
150 years of education on the site of St Mary's College Wellington was celebrated.
Newfoundland became 10th Province of Canada - 200 "first Mercy Sisters in Canada"
Sister began management of Regina Caeli refuge for women, Melbourne - Judith Tellesfson
Foundation to Casterton from Yarrawonga - M of Sacred Heart Kelly
Profession of Carmen Rosa Ccallomamani, first Aymaran Sister, Peru
Opening of Aged Care Facility, Cronulla from Parramatta - M C Coyle
Foundation to Maryborough, Queensland from Brisbane - M Borgia Byrne
Closure of the Falklands Mission.
Death of M Magdalen Bourke, Foundress of Loughrea, Co Galway
Death of Mother Angela Borini in Oldham - foundress of Nottingham and Oldham.
Foundation to Los Angeles from Michigan - M Bonaventure Fox
Mother Cecilia Maher and eight Sisters of Mercy, (another woman had joined them in Sydney) together with Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier and other clergy, arrived in New Zealand on the sailing vessel, Océanie.
Read MoreDeath of M Camillus Byrn, Catherine's god child, Baltimore
Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Dunedin changes its name to Mercy Hospital.
Foundation to Auckland from Carlow - M Cecilia Maher
Death of M Teresa Maher, Foundress of Athy/Callan