Page 7: 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) in the year 1869.   

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   On this day in history after work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens   

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

Nov 17   Suez Canal opens (Egypt) in the year 1869.   

Nov 18   In the year 1869 james E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)   

Nov 20   Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history 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   On this day in history american Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)   

Dec 02   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1869.   

Dec 10   On this day in history women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)   

Dec 16   In the year 1869 albert F Pollard, British historian (Dict of natural biography)   

Dec 17   Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 18   In the year 1869 canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game   

Dec 18   In the year 1869 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   Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady) in the year 1869.   

Dec 22   On this day in history andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947)   

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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1869.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1869 birth of emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist   

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 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   In the year 1869 death of martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786)   

Jan 17   Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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   William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) died in the year 1869.   

Feb 01   On this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68   

Feb 04   In the year 1869 johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60   

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