Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   On this day in history canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms   

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

Nov 06   On this day in history diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa   

Nov 09   Marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short) in the year 1869.   

Nov 11   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 free postal delivery formally inaugurated   

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

Nov 17   In the year 1869 englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)   

Nov 17   On this day in history suez Canal opens (Egypt)   

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

Nov 20   In the year 1869 clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)   

Nov 22   In the year 1869 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) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1869 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Dec 18   On this day in history canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game   

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) 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   Newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up) in the year 1869.   

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

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

Dec 26   On this day in history 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   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   Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer was born in the year 1869.   

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   On this day in history birth of emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist   

Jan 15   StanisÅ‚aw WyspiaÅ„ski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907) was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 18   Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 19   Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations) was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 22   In the year 1869 birth of grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)   

Jan 17   On this day in history alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 in the year 1869.   

Feb 04   On this day in history johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60   

Feb 15   In the year 1869 death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)