Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

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

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

Nov 06   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa in the year 1869.   

Nov 09   In the year 1869 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   Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies in the year 1869.   

Nov 15   In the year 1869 free postal delivery formally inaugurated   

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) in the year 1869.   

Nov 17   In the year 1869 suez Canal opens (Egypt)   

Nov 18   James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947) in the year 1869.   

Nov 23   In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched on this day in history.   

Nov 24   American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) in the year 1869.   

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

Dec 10   On this day in history women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)   

Dec 16   Albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography) in the year 1869.   

Dec 17   In the year 1869 nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer   

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   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 in the year 1869.   

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

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 in the year 1869.   

Dec 28   The Knights of Labor, a union of Philadelphia, PA tailors, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in the US on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1869 birth of paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer   

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

Jan 04   Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 13   Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist was born in the year 1869.   

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   In the year 1869 birth of alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)   

Jan 22   In the year 1869 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   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 in the year 1869.   

Feb 15   In the year 1869 death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)