Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms on this day in history.   

Nov 06   On this day in history 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 17   In the year 1869 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   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   On this day in history 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   20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome in the year 1869.   

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

Dec 10   On this day in history 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   Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1869.   

Dec 19   Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer) on this day in history.   

Dec 20   In the year 1869 charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)   

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

Dec 22   In the year 1869 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   On this day in history henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1869.   

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 in the year 1869.   

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

Jan 30   William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) died in the year 1869.   

Feb 01   In the year 1869 frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68   

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.