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   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa on this day in history.   

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   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   After work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens in the year 1869.   

Nov 17   Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 18   On this day in history james E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)   

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

Nov 22   On this day in history andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)   

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) in the year 1869.   

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

Dec 16   Albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography) on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer in the year 1869.   

Dec 18   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game in the year 1869.   

Dec 18   Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1869.   

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   On this day in history edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55   

Dec 24   In the year 1869 henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

Dec 26   In the year 1869 harry Redman, composer   

Dec 27   First issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published in the year 1869.   

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   Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 04   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 birth of stanisÅ‚aw WyspiaÅ„ski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907)   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1869 death of william Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794)   

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.