Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   On this day in history canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms   

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

Nov 06   On this day in history diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa   

Nov 09   Marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short) in the year 1869.   

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

Nov 12   On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 17   Suez Canal opens (Egypt) on this day in history.   

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   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   American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) in the year 1869.   

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

Dec 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1869.   

Dec 09   Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia in the year 1869.   

Dec 10   Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st) on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1869 albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography)   

Dec 17   Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer in the year 1869.   

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) in the year 1869.   

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   Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 in the year 1869.   

Dec 24   Henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest) in the year 1869.   

Dec 26   Harry Redman, composer in the year 1869.   

Dec 27   First issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer   

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

Jan 04   Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1869 birth of emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist   

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   On this day in history birth of alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68   

Feb 04   Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)