Page 4: Historical Events In 1869

May 18   Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall.   

May 18   Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan.   

May 19   Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State   

May 26   Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.   

May 29   Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73   

Jun 01   Voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison).   

Jun 02   Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings).   

Jun 03   Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curacao (Radulphus College).   

Jun 04   Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen   

Jun 05   In this year, 3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian claims in 3:04.25.   

Jun 06   Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor.   

Jun 08   Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner (it sucks).   

Jun 08   Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents a vacuum cleaner.   

Jun 09   Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila).   

Jun 09   Charles Elmer Hires sells his inaugural of many root beers (Phila).   

Jun 10   'Agnes'arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef.   

Jun 10   Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette   

Jun 10   S.S.Agnes arrives in New Orleans with inaugural ever shipment of frozen beef.   

Jun 13   Ede Poldini, composer   

Jun 15   Albert Grisar, composer, dies at 60   

Jun 15   Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY.   

Jun 15   Mike McCoole (US) defeats Tom Allen (England) in bare-knuckle bout.   

Jun 22   Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39).   

Jun 27   Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth).   

Jun 28   Amsterdam typographer strike   

Jul 01   Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed.   

Jul 01   US mint at Carson City, Nevada opens.   

Jul 04   Karl Seitz, president of Austria.   

Jul 06   Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr J H Harris, defeated   

Jul 08   William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer).   

Jul 09   Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented   

Jul 14   Owen Wister, US, novelist (Virginian)   

Jul 15   A J Haynes, US army captain and civil war veteren, assassinated by KKK   

Jul 15   Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy   

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Jan 03   Paul charles rene landormy: Composer   

Jan 04   Percy pitt: Composer   

Jan 04   Tommy corcoran: American baseball player   

Jan 13   Emanuele f: Duke of aosta, italian general (ww i)/fascist   

Jan 15   StanisÅ‚aw wyspiaÅ„ski: Polish dramatist   

Jan 18   Willem de vreese: Flemish linguist/biblographer   

Jan 19   Alfred r zimmerman: Mayor (rotterdam 1906-22)/dir (league of nations)   

Jan 22   Grigori rasputin: Russian monk   

Jan 01   Martin w. bates: American politician (b. 1786)   

Jan 17   Alexander sergeyevich dargomyzhsky: Composer,   

Jan 26   Duncan gordon boyes: English recipient of the victoria cross (b. 1846)   

Jan 28   Prudent-louis aubery du boulley: Composer,   

Jan 30   William carleton: Irish novelist (b. 1794)   

Feb 01   Frederik w conrad: Hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer,   

Feb 04   Johan m dautzenberg: Flemish author/novelist (future),   

Feb 15   Mirza ghalib: Indian poet (b. 1796)