Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms in the year 1869.  

Nov 06   1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) in the year 1869.  

Nov 06   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies in the year 1869.  

Nov 15   Free postal delivery formally inaugurated on this day in history.  

Nov 17   After work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens in the year 1869.  

Nov 17   On this day in history englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)  

Nov 17   In the year 1869 suez Canal opens (Egypt)  

Nov 18   On this day in history james E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)  

Nov 20   Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) on this day in history.  

Nov 22   In the year 1869 andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)  

Nov 23   On this day in history in Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched  

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   20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1869.  

Dec 16   On this day in history albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography)  

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   In the year 1869 louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40  

Dec 19   On this day in history eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer)  

Dec 20   Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady) on this day in history.  

Dec 22   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55  

Dec 24   On this day in history henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)  

Dec 26   On this day in history harry Redman, composer  

Dec 27   On this day in history first 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 28   In the year 1869 the Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US.  

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

Jan 04   Percy Pitt, composer was born in the year 1869.  

Jan 04   In the year 1869 birth of tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)  

Jan 13   Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist was born in the year 1869.  

Jan 15   In the year 1869 birth of stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)  

Jan 18   Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19   In the year 1869 birth of alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)  

Jan 17   In the year 1869 alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55  

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

Jan 28   Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1869.  

Jan 30   William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) died in the year 1869.  

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   In the year 1869 death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)