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   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa in the year 1869.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 17   In the year 1869 englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)   

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

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   Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947) on this day in history.   

Nov 23   In the year 1869 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) in the year 1869.   

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   On this day in history noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia   

Dec 10   In the year 1869 women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)   

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 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   In the year 1869 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 24   In the year 1869 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   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   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   On this day in history birth of percy Pitt, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 01   In the year 1869 death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)   

Jan 17   On this day in history alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55   

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 in the year 1869.   

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.