Historical Events In 1869

Sep 20   George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1869 henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer  

Sep 22   Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich in the year 1869.  

Sep 22   On this day in history the opera "Das Rheingold" is produced (Munich)  

Sep 24   In the year 1869 black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold  

Sep 24   The Black Friday Wall Street panic occurs when financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Libri, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 30   On this day in history ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler (marvellous Aust at turn of century)  

Oct 01   1st postcards are issued (Vienna) in the year 1869.  

Oct 01   On this day in history the first postcards are issued (Vienna)  

Oct 02   On this day in history mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader  

Oct 02   In the year 1869 the birth of Gandhi, Indian leader of 'passive' resistance  

Oct 02   In the year 1869 the birth of Groucho Marx, US comedian of the 'Marx' brothers fame  

Oct 05   In the year 1869 a strong hurricane devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.  

Oct 06   On this day in history john Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer," premieres  

Oct 08   Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history j Frank Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)  

Oct 09   Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer in the year 1869.  

Oct 11   Gordon Frederic Norton, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 13   On this day in history charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Fren writer (Tableau Historique), dies  

Oct 14   Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur (Elgin marbles) on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing  

Oct 16   Hotel in Boston becomes the first to have indoor plumbing on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Henrik Ibsen's "De Unges Forbund," premieres in Christiania (Oslo) in the year 1869.  

Oct 21   1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore in the year 1869.  

Oct 21   In the year 1869 first shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore  

Oct 22   Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Oct 23   Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch singer in the year 1869.  

Oct 23   On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72  

Oct 25   In the year 1869 august Otto Halm, composer  

Oct 26   1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY) in the year 1869.  

Oct 26   In the year 1869 the first American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, NY)  

Oct 30   Lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor (Bulldog Drummond) on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra in the year 1869.  

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Jan 03   Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer was born in the year 1869.  

Jan 04   In the year 1869 birth of percy Pitt, composer  

Jan 04   Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) was born in the year 1869.  

Jan 13   Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer  

Jan 19   Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations) was born in the year 1869.  

Jan 22   Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) was born in the year 1869.  

Jan 01   In the year 1869 death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)  

Jan 17   Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1869.  

Jan 26   Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) died in the year 1869.  

Jan 28   On this day in history prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72  

Jan 30   In the year 1869 death of william Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794)  

Feb 01   Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Feb 04   Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 in the year 1869.  

Feb 15   Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) died in the year 1869.