Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

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

Nov 06   In the year 1869 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   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 17   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 james E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)   

Nov 20   Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) in the year 1869.   

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) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)   

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

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

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   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game in the year 1869.   

Dec 18   Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1869.   

Dec 19   On this day in history 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   Newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history first issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published.   

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   In the year 1869 birth of percy Pitt, composer   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist   

Jan 15   StanisÅ‚aw WyspiaÅ„ski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907) was born in the year 1869.   

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 in the year 1869.   

Jan 22   In the year 1869 birth of grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)   

Jan 01   Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 in the year 1869.   

Feb 04   Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 in the year 1869.   

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