On the 13th of June, Gubat which was then a barrio of Bulusan, was declared by the Spanish government a new pueblo civil or town under the prvince of Albay and became an independent parish on the same day.

Founded in this year, Bacon became the oldest muncipality (pueblo civil) of the province with Juan Elias as its first gobernadorcillo.

The last galleon built in the Philippines, the Santissimia Trinidad, was constructed in the Bagatao shipyard and made her maiden voyage to Acapulco on the same year it was finished.