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) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 09   In the year 1869 marie Dressler, [Leila M Koerber], Ontario, actress (Caught Short)   

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

Nov 12   On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies   

Nov 15   Free postal delivery formally inaugurated on this day in history.   

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

Nov 17   Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 22   Andre Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947) in the year 1869.   

Nov 23   On this day in history in Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched   

Nov 24   In the year 1869 american Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)   

Dec 02   In the year 1869 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)   

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

Dec 08   20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome in the year 1869.   

Dec 09   Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1869 nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer   

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

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   In the year 1869 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   In the year 1869 henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

Dec 26   Harry Redman, composer in the year 1869.   

Dec 27   First issue of the Ottawa Free Press newspaper published in the year 1869.   

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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 04   Percy Pitt, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) was born in the year 1869.   

Jan 13   In the year 1869 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Martin W. Bates, American politician (b. 1786) died in the year 1869.   

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

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   William Carleton, Irish novelist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 04   Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 in the year 1869.   

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