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   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   In the year 1869 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   Suez Canal opens (Egypt) in the year 1869.   

Nov 18   James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) in the year 1869.   

Nov 20   In the year 1869 clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)   

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   On this day in history 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   Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st) in the year 1869.   

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 in the year 1869.   

Dec 18   On this day in history louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40   

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) on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1869 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Percy Pitt, composer was born in the year 1869.   

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   On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw WyspiaÅ„ski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)   

Jan 18   In the year 1869 birth of willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer   

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

Jan 17   Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1869.   

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

Jan 28   In the year 1869 prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68   

Feb 04   In the year 1869 johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60   

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