Historical Events In 1869
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Jan 03 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer. 


Jan 04 Percy Pitt, composer. 


Jan 13 Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention 


Jan 13 Colored National Labor Union, inaugural Black labor convention 


Jan 13 Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist 


Jan 13 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC. 


Jan 17 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55. 


Jan 18 Elegant Calif Theater opens in SF 


Jan 18 Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer 


Jan 19 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations). 


Jan 20 Elizabeth Cady Stanton is recorded as becoming 1st woman to testify before Congress. 


Jan 20 Elizabeth Cady Stanton is recorded as becoming inaugural woman to testify before Congress. 


Jan 23 Carlo Felice Boghen, composer. 


Jan 27 Will Marion Cook, composer. 


Jan 28 Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 


Jan 29 Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer 


Jan 31 Henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian Count/literary/premier (1920-21) 


Feb 01 Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 


Feb 01 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap) 


Feb 02 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade. 


Feb 02 James Oliver invents the removable tempered steel plow blade. 


Feb 03 Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in NYC (Romeo and Juliet). 


Feb 04 Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 


Feb 06 In this year, Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers 


Feb 06 In this year, Harper's Weekly publishes inaugural picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers. 


Feb 07 Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura) 


Feb 10 Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer. 


Feb 11 Patrick James Whelan c1840-1869 hanged in a snowstorm before a crowd of 5000 people for the murder of Thomas D'Arcy McGee 


Feb 12 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD). 


Feb 14 Charles Wilson, English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel). 


Feb 15 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped 


Feb 19 US Assay Office in Boise ID authorized. 


Feb 19 US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized. 


Feb 20 Tenn Gov W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis. 


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