Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms in the year 1869.  

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

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

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

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

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) in the year 1869.  

Nov 23   In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched in the year 1869.  

Nov 24   In the year 1869 american Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)  

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

Dec 10   Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1869.  

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

Dec 19   In the year 1869 eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer)  

Dec 20   Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 22   Newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up) on this day in history.  

Dec 24   On this day in history edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55  

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

Dec 26   In the year 1869 harry Redman, composer  

Dec 27   First issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1869 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   Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) died on this day in history.  

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 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   On this day in history death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)