Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms on this day in history.   

Nov 06   1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) in the year 1869.   

Nov 06   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa in the year 1869.   

Nov 09   Marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia on this day in history.   

Nov 12   Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 15   In the year 1869 free postal delivery formally inaugurated   

Nov 17   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history american Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)   

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   On this day in history 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

Dec 09   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography)   

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) 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) in the year 1869.   

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   In the year 1869 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   On this day in history first issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published.   

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   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   In the year 1869 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history 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   Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1869.