1872
![Owl plaque at Bohemian Club](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/BohemianClubOwl2.jpg/100px-BohemianClubOwl2.jpg)
![Hearst Gym, UC Berkeley](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg/120px-Hearst_Gymnasium_for_Women_%28Berkeley%2C_CA%29.jpg)
- The Bohemian Club (plaque pictured) is founded in San Francisco
- Alum Rock Park, the first municipal park in California, is established at a valley in the Diablo Range foothills on the east side of San Jose
- Napa is incorporated in Marin County
- Julia Morgan is born in San Francisco (Hearst Gymnasium for Women at the University of California, Berkeley pictured)