Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

Nov 03   In the year 1869 canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms   

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

Nov 06   Diamonds discovered at Kimberley, South Africa on this day in history.   

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

Nov 11   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1869.   

Nov 24   American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects) in the year 1869.   

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   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) 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 in the year 1869.   

Dec 18   In the year 1869 louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40   

Dec 19   Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer) in the year 1869.   

Dec 20   Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady) in the year 1869.   

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   In the year 1869 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) on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1869 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   On this day in history birth of paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer   

Jan 04   In the year 1869 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   StanisÅ‚aw WyspiaÅ„ski, Polish dramatist (d. 1907) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer   

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 in the year 1869.   

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

Feb 15   Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796) died on this day in history.