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Spanish authorities opened a cordoneria (cordage factory) in Sorsogon.
The ship Santo Cristo was built in Bagatao.
Fr. Pedro Espallargas invented the abacca stripping knife, which we called hag-otan, in Sitio Cogon Bacon.
Donsol became and independent parish.
The 2,500 ton Nuestra Señora del Buen Socorro, considered as the biggest and grandest galleron ever built in the Philippines at that time was completed and set sail from Calaguimi shipyard in Bagatao Island on August 28.
As a mere barrio of Quipia (now Jovellar, Albay) Donsol was organized this year.
