1869
year
1869 (MDCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1869th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 869th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1869, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
January
January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan.
January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.
January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress.
January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate.
February
February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger".
February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized.
February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is formed in London.
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