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Historical Events In 1869
Thursday, 17 October 2019
Nov 03 On this day in history canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms 
Nov 06 On this day in history 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)
Nov 06 Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa in the year 1869.
Nov 09 In the year 1869 marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short)
Nov 11 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia in the year 1869.
Nov 12 Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on this day in history.
Nov 15 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated on this day in history.
Nov 17 On this day in history after work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens
Nov 17 Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) in the year 1869.
Nov 17 In the year 1869 suez Canal opens (Egypt)
Nov 18 James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) on this day in history.
Nov 20 In the year 1869 clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
Nov 22 Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947) on this day in history.
Nov 23 In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched on this day in history.
Nov 24 On this day in history american Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
Dec 02 In the year 1869 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
Dec 06 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.
Dec 08 In the year 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome
Dec 09 On this day in history noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia
Dec 10 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st) on this day in history.
Dec 16 Albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography) on this day in history.
Dec 17 On this day in history nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer
Dec 18 On this day in history canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game
Dec 18 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.
Dec 19 In the year 1869 eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer)
Dec 20 In the year 1869 charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)
Dec 22 On this day in history andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947)
Dec 22 In the year 1869 newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up)
Dec 24 Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 on this day in history.
Dec 24 On this day in history henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)
Dec 26 In the year 1869 harry Redman, composer
Dec 27 In the year 1869 first issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published.
Dec 27 In the year 1869 louis Riel 1844-1885 elected President of the Provisional Government of Rupert's Land and the North West; with powers to negotiate with Canadian Commissioner Donald A. Smith
Dec 28 The Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US in the year 1869.