Page 7: Historical Events In 1869

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

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

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   On this day in history free postal delivery formally inaugurated   

Nov 17   After work lasting ten years, the 100 mile long Suez Canal opens on this day in history.   

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   James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union) in the year 1869.   

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

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

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   In the year 1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

Dec 09   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 26   Harry Redman, composer on this day in history.   

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   Percy Pitt, composer was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960)   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 birth of alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)   

Jan 22   Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 01   Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1869 alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 26   Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846) died on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1869.   

Jan 30   William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) died in the year 1869.   

Feb 01   In the year 1869 frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68   

Feb 04   Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history death of mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)