Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

Nov 06   1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)   

Nov 06   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa   

Nov 09   Marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short).   

Nov 11   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia   

Nov 12   Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies   

Nov 15   Free postal delivery formally inaugurated.   

Nov 17   After work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens.   

Nov 17   In this year, Englishman James Moore claims 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen).   

Nov 17   Suez Canal opens (Egypt).   

Nov 18   James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union).   

Nov 20   Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees).   

Nov 22   Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)   

Nov 23   In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.   

Nov 24   American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)   

Dec 02   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects).   

Dec 06   Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

Dec 08   20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

Dec 09   Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia.   

Dec 10   Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)   

Dec 16   Albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography)   

Dec 17   Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer   

Dec 18   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game.   

Dec 18   Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40   

Dec 19   Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer).   

Dec 20   Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)   

Dec 22   Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947)   

Dec 22   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.   

Dec 24   Henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

Dec 26   Harry Redman, composer   

Dec 27   inaugural issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published.   

Dec 27   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 inaugural Labor Day ceremonies in the US   

Dec 28   William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing gum   

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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)