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) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   In the year 1869 victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia   

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

Nov 15   On this day in history free postal delivery formally inaugurated   

Nov 17   In the year 1869 after work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens   

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   James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) in the year 1869.   

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

Dec 08   In the year 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

Dec 09   Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 17   Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game on this day in history.   

Dec 18   In the year 1869 louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40   

Dec 19   Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer) in the year 1869.   

Dec 20   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1869 harry Redman, composer   

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

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of percy Pitt, composer   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)   

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   In the year 1869 birth of willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer   

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   Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history death of duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)   

Jan 28   On this day in history prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72   

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   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)