Historical Events In 1869
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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.