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   In the year 1869 diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa   

Nov 09   On this day in history marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short)   

Nov 11   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia in the year 1869.   

Nov 12   On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies   

Nov 15   Free postal delivery formally inaugurated on this day in history.   

Nov 17   After work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens in the year 1869.   

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

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

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

Nov 20   On this day in history clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)   

Nov 22   Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947) on this day in history.   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer   

Dec 18   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game on this day in history.   

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

Dec 24   Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 in the year 1869.   

Dec 24   Henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1869 birth of grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history death of william Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794)   

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

Feb 04   Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 in the year 1869.   

Feb 15   Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) died in the year 1869.