Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

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   In the year 1869 diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa   

Nov 09   On this day in history marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short)   

Nov 11   On this day in history victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia   

Nov 12   Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Free postal delivery formally inaugurated in the year 1869.   

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   In the year 1869 james E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)   

Nov 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history in Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched   

Nov 24   In the year 1869 american Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)   

Dec 02   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 in the year 1869.   

Dec 08   On this day in history 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

Dec 09   In the year 1869 noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia   

Dec 10   On this day in history women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)   

Dec 16   Albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography) in the year 1869.   

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

Dec 22   Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947) in the year 1869.   

Dec 22   On this day in history newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up)   

Dec 24   On this day in history 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) in the year 1869.   

Dec 26   On this day in history harry Redman, composer   

Dec 27   First issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published in the year 1869.   

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

Jan 04   Percy Pitt, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw WyspiaÅ„ski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)   

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

Jan 19   Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) died in the year 1869.   

Jan 17   Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1869.   

Jan 26   Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) died on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history death of william Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794)   

Feb 01   Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60   

Feb 15   Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) died on this day in history.