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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1830s  1840s  1850s  - 1860s -  1870s  1880s  1890s Years: 1866 1867 1868 - 1869 - 1870 1871 1872 1869 in topic: Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science Sports - Rail Transport Countries:     Australia - Canada - Germany - Ireland - New Zealand - Norway - South Africa - U.S. - UK Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors Category: Establishments - Disestablishments Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e Year 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Evolutionary theorist Charles Darwins expedition on the HMS Beagle. ... // First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi, Northland New Zealand. ... // Production of steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Railroads begin to supplant canals in the United States as a primary means of transporting goods. ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1869 in archaeology // Explorations Excavations Finds Publications Births 30 March: AleÅ¡ Hrdlička, Czech archaeologist Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1868 in archaeology 1870 in archaeology Categories: | ... See also: 1868 in architecture, other events of 1869, 1870 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... See also: 1868 in art, other events of 1869, 1870 in art, list of years in art. ... See also: 1868 in literature, other events of 1869, 1870 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Charles Baudelaire, Le Spleen de Paris/Petits Poémes en Prose (Paris Spleen) W. S. Gilbert, Bab Ballads Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Poems Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Holy Grail and Other Poems, with The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail, Pelleas and Ettarre, and The Passing of Arthur Laurence Binyon Olivia... See also: 1868 in music, other events of 1869, 1870 in music and the list of years in music. Events Edvard Griegs Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagens Casino (April 3) Richard Wagners opera Das Rheingold debuts at the Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich (September... See also: Other events of 1869 List of years in science . ... This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1869. ... List of state leaders in 1868 - Events of 1869 - List of state leaders in 1870 - State leaders by year // Africa Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874) Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884) Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869) Kitahimbwa, Omukama of Bunyoro (1869-1902) Burundi... 1868 colonial governors - Events of 1869 - 1870 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1869 List of religious leaders in 1869 List of international organization leaders in 1869 Portugal Angola - José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral, Governor-General of Angola (1868-1870) Categories: 1869 | Lists... Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C), e. ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E), e. ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... Contents 1 Events of 1869 1.1 January - March 1.2 April - June 1.3 July - September 1.4 October - December 1.5 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December [edit] Events of 1869 [edit] January - March January 1 - Sigma Nu, the first anti-hazing Honor/Social Fraternity, is founded. January 20 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. January 21 - P.E.O._Sisterhood - A philanthropic educational organizationfor women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. February 20 - Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. March 1 - North German Confederation issues 10gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin. March 4 - Ulysses S. Grant succeeds Andrew Johnson as the President of the United States of America. March 6 - Mendeleev makes a formal presentation to the Russian Chemical Society. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... ΣΝ (Sigma Nu) is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist and leading figure of the early womans movement. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The P.E.O. Sisterhood is a womens organization with chapters throughout the United States and Canada, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ranavalona II Ranavalona II (1829 - 13 July 1883) was Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883, succeeding Rasoherina. ... The Merina is the largest ethnic group in Madagascar. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of the North German Confederation Capital Berlin Political structure Federation Presidency Prussia (William I) Chancellor Otto von Bismarck History  - Constitution tabelled April 16, 1867  - Confederation formed July 1, 1867  - Elevation to empire January 18, 1871 The North German Federation (in German, Norddeutscher Bund) came into existence in 1867, following... Groschen (Latin: , German: , Italian: , Czech: , Polish: , Hungarian: , Romanian: ) was the (sometimes colloquial) name for a coin used in various German-speaking states as well as some non-German-speaking countries of Central Europe (Bohemia, Poland), The Romanian Principalities. ... Goldbeaters skin or the outer membrane of calfs intestine is parchment material traditionally used in the process of reducing gold into mere 0. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ulysses S. Grant,[2] born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885), was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877). ... For other persons of the same name, see Andrew Johnson (disambiguation). ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mendeleyevs portrait by Ilya Repin. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... [edit] April - June April 6 - The American Museum of Natural History is founded in New York. May 4-10 - Naval Battle of Hakodate in Korea. May 6 - Purdue University is founded in West Lafayette, Indiana. May 10 - The Transcontinental Railroad is completed in Promontory, Utah. May 15 - Woman's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman's Suffrage Association. May 26 - Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. May 29 - British parliament passes the Capital Punishment within Prisons Bill, thus ending public hanging. June 1 - The Cincinnati Red Stockings open the baseball season as the first fully professional baseball team. June 2 - Sherwood College is founded in Nainital. June 15 - John Wesley Hyatt patents the first plastic, Celluloid, in Albany, New York. June 18 - First Estonian song festival takes place in Tartu. is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark of Manhattans Upper West Side in New York, USA, at 79th Street and Central Park West. ... is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4-10 May 1869, at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, between the remnants of the Shoguns navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Purdue redirects here. ... Chauncey Village area of West Lafayette West Lafayette (IPA: ) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, 65 miles (105km) northwest of Indianapolis. ... is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Poster announcing railroads opening The First Transcontinental Railroad was a transcontinental railroad in North America that was finished in 1869. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The international movement for womens suffrage, led by suffragists (commonly called suffragettes), was a social, economic and political reform movement aimed at extending the suffrage (i. ... This article is about the state. ... For other uses, see Susan B. Anthony (disambiguation). ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist and leading figure of the early womans movement. ... The National Womens Suffrage Association was a 19th-century womens suffrage organization. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the similarly named institution in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869 were baseballs first openly all-professional team. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sherwood College is a boarding school, established by the British in India in 1869 to educate British boys and the Indian elite during the Raj. ... , Nainital is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and headquarters of Nainital district in the Kumaon foothills of the outer Himalayas. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 – 1920) was a U.S. inventor. ... Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents, generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic. ... is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... County Area 38. ... [edit] July - September July 4 - University of Bucharest is founded. August 9 - August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht found the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP). August 31 - American scientist Mary Ward is killed in a car accident, possibly the first person ever to suffer this fate. September 5 - The foundation stone is laid for Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria (southern Germany). September 11 - Work on the Wallace Monument is completed. September 24- The Fisk-Gould Scandal (also known as Black Friday) causes a financial panic in the United States. is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... University of Bucharest University of Bucharest is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest. ... is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... August Ferdinand Bebel (February 22, 1840 – March 18, 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. ... Wilhelm Liebknecht Wilhelm Liebknecht (March 29, 1826 - August 7, 1900) was a German social democrat, one of the founders of the SPD and father of Karl Liebknecht and Theodor Liebknecht. ... The Social Democratic Workers Party of Germany, in German Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SDAP, was a German left-wing political party founded in 1869 in Eisenach, Germany by, among others, Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Scientist Mary Ward Mary Ward (b. ... In an accident resulting from excessive speed, this concrete truck rolled over into the front garden of a house. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Neuschwanstein seen from the Marienbrücke. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The monument The monument seen from the University of Stirling The Wallace National Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Black Friday, September 24, 1869, also known as the Fisk-Gould Scandal, was a financial panic in the United States caused by two speculators efforts to corner the gold market on the New York Gold Exchange. ... [edit] October - December October 16 - England's first residential college for women, Girton College, is founded. November 4 - The first issue of the scientific journal Nature is published. November 6 - The first game of American Football between two American colleges is played. Rutgers University defeats Princeton University 6 to 4 in a forerunner to American football and College football. November 17 - In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony. November 23 - In Dumbarton, Scotland the last surviving clipper ship, Cutty Sark, is launched. December 1 - The official transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada is executed. December 10 - The first American chapter of Kappa Sigma is founded at the University of Virginia. December 31 - Triple Alliance forces take Asunción. is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Full name Girton College Motto - Named after Girton Village Previous names The College for Women (1869), Girton College (1872) Established 1869 Sister College Somerville College Mistress Dame Marylin Strathern Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 503 Graduates 201 Homepage Boatclub Girton College lies on the extremity of Cambridge Girton College was established... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nature is a prominent scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... “Rutgers” redirects here. ... Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article covers college football played in the United States. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ... Mediterranean redirects here. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dumbarton (Dùn Breatainn in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ... This article is about the country. ... Cutty sark is 18th century Scots for short chemise or short undergarment[1]. Hyphenated, Cutty-sark was a nickname for a fictional character created by Robert Burns, and from there it became part of an idiom - Weel done, Cutty-sark! (Well done, Cutty-sark!) in colloquial English, especially Scottish English. ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the trading territory. ... Hbc redirects here. ... is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... ΚΣ (Kappa Sigma) is an international fraternity with currently 234 chapters and 42 colonies in North America. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Paraguay Uruguay, Argentina, Empire of Brazil Commanders Francisco Solano López † José E. Díaz Pedro II of Brazil Duke of Caxias Bartolomé Mitre Venancio Flores Strength at the beginning of the war ca. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... [edit] Undated Basutoland becomes a British protectorate. British parliament ends transportation to Australia as punishment for criminals. Mahbub Ali Pasha begins a 42-year reign as the Nizam of Hyderabad. James Gordon Bennett, Jr. of the New York Herald asks Henry Morton Stanley to find Dr Livingstone. The Meiji Emperor of Japan accepts the surrender of the four most powerful clans--(Chōshū, Tosa, Hizen, and Satsuma)--and reappoints the clan chiefs as Provincial Governors on reduced revenues. Abdur Rahman Khan is exiled from Afghanistan. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is founded. The co-operative Central Board (later Co-operatives UK) is founded in Manchester. The Glasgow University Rugby Football Club (GURFC) is founded. The mountainous and largely arid land that came to be Basutoland was populated by San (bushmen, Qhuaique) until the end of the 16th century. ... This article is about states protected and/or dominated by a foreign power. ... Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur Fath Jang Mahbub Ali Khan was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. ... Hyderabad and Berar, 1903 Hyderābād was an autonomous princely state of south-central India from 1724 until 1948, ruled by a hereditary Nizam, and an Indian state from 1948 to 1956. ... James Gordon Bennett, Jr. ... The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924. ... Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known in the Congo as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks or, alternatively, Sledge Hammer) , born John Rowlands (January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904), was a journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. ... David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. ... Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) Mutsuhito (睦仁), the Meiji Emperor (明治天皇, literally Enlightened Rule Emperor) (3 November 1852–30 July 1912) was the 122nd Emperor of Japan. ... ChōshÅ« Han ) was a feudal Domain of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1867 occupying the whole of modern day Yamaguchi Prefecture. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ... Satsuma (薩摩国; -no Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu. ... Amir Abdur Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan Abdur Rahman Khan (1844 - October 1, 1901), Emir of Afghanistan, was the third son of Afzul Khan, who was the eldest son of Dost Mahommed Khan, who had established the Barakzais family dynasty in Afghanistan. ... Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC but usually just referred to as SIU) is located in Carbondale, Illinois. ... Co-operatives UK (formally known simply as the Co-operative Union) is the peak co-operative union (that is a federation of co-operatives) in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... [edit] Births 1869 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1869 MDCCCLXIX Ab urbe condita 2622 Armenian calendar 1318 ԹՎ ՌՅԺԸ Bahá'í calendar 25 – 26 Berber calendar 2819 Buddhist calendar 2413 Burmese calendar 1231 Chinese calendar 4505/4565-11-19 (戊辰年十一月十九日) — to — 4506/4566-11-29 (己巳年十一月廿九日) Coptic calendar 1585 – 1586 Ethiopian calendar 1861 – 1862 Hebrew calendar 5629 – 5630 Hindu calendars  - Vikram Samvat 1924 – 1925  - Shaka Samvat 1791 – 1792  - Kali Yuga 4970 – 4971 Holocene calendar 11869 Iranian calendar 1247 – 1248 Islamic calendar 1285 – 1286 Japanese calendar Meiji 2 (明治2年) Korean calendar 4202 Thai solar calendar 2412 v • d • e For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ... Ab urbe condita (related with Anno urbis conditae: AUC or a. ... The Armenian calendar uses the Armenian numerals. ... The Baháí calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Baháí Faith, is a solar calendar with regular years of 365 days, and leap years of 366 days. ... The Berber calendar is the annual calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. ... The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar (formerly Burma) in several related forms. ... This article or section uses Burmese characters which may be rendered incorrectly. ... The Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, incorporating elements of a lunar calendar with those of a solar calendar. ... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhÄ«). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering days and years, not only in China... The Chinese sexagenary cycle (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles, the ten Heavenly Stems (天干; tiāngān) and the twelve Earthly Branches (地支; dìzhÄ«). These have been traditionally used as a means of numbering days and years, not only in China... The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. ... The Ethiopian calendar (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ), also called the Geez calendar, is the principal calendar used in Ethiopia and is also the liturgical year of Christians in Eritrea belonging to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church, Eastern Catholic Church of Eritrea and Lutheran (Evangelical Church of Eritrea), where it is commonly known... The Hebrew calendar (‎) or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious purposes. ... 5629 (Hebrew: התרכט , abbr. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... It has been suggested that Bikram Samwat be merged into this article or section. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... Kali Yuga is also the title of a book by Roland Charles Wagner. ... H.E. redirects here. ... The Iranian calendar (Persian: ), also known as Persian calendar or (mistakenly) the Jalāli Calendar is an astronomical solar calendar currently used in Iran and Afghanistan as the main official calendar. ... The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (Arabic: التقويم الهجري; at-taqwÄ«m al-hijrÄ«; Persian: تقویم هجري قمری ‎ taqwÄ«m-e hejri-ye qamari; also called the Hijri calendar) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... The Meiji period ), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. ... The traditional Korean calendar is a lunisolar calendar which, like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries, was based on the Chinese calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ... [edit] January - June January 4 - Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) January 10 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (d. 1916) January 15 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (d. 1907) February 11 - Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder and patron of the arts (d. 1939) February 14 - Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist and Nobel laureate (d. 1959) February 26 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, a RussianMarxist revolutionary and Vladimir Lenin's wife (d.1939) March 3 Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952) Henry Wood, British conductor (d. 1944) March 12 - George William Forbes, New Zealand Prime Minister and first leader of the New Zealand National Party (d. 1947) March 14 - Algernon Blackwood, English writer (d. 1951) March 18 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940) March 21 - Florenz Ziegfeld, American theatrical producer (d. 1932) March 22 - Emilio Aguinaldo, first President of the Philippines (d. 1964) April 2 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player (d. 1928) April 4 - Mary Colter, American architect (d. 1958) April 8 - Harvey Cushing, American neurosurgeon (d. 1939) April 11 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943) April 27 - May Moss, Australian women's rights activist (d. 1948) May 5 - Hans Pfitzner, German composer (d. 1949) May 20 - John Stone Stone, American physicist and inventor (d. 1943) June 17 - Flora Finch, English-born comedian (d. 1940) June 27 - Hans Spemann, German embryologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941) is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas William Corcoran (January 4, 1869 - June 25, 1960) was a short stop in the Major Leagues who played for the Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), the Philadelphia Athletics (1891), the Brooklyn Grooms/Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1892-1896), the Cincinnati Reds (1897-1906), and the San Francisco Giants in 1907. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rasputin redirects here. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Helene Kröller-Müller, born February 11, 1869 - died December 14, 1939, was one of the first European women to put together a major art collection. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (February 14, 1869 - November 15, 1959) was a Scottish physicist. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (Russian: , scientific transliteration Nadežda Konstantinovna Krupskaja) (26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1869 - February 27, 1939) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Lenin redirects here. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... His Eminence Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber (born March 3, 1869 in Unterfranken, died June 12, 1952 in Munich) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Munich for 35 years, from 1917 to his death in 1952. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Henry Wood Kt CH (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944) was an English conductor, forever associated with the Promenade Concerts which he conducted for half a century. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... George William Forbes (12 March 1869 - 17 May 1947) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Algernon Henry Blackwood (March 14, 1869 – December 10, 1951) was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British Prime Minister. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (March 22, 1869 – February 6, 1964) was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hughie Jennings on a 1909-1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card (White Borders (T206)). Hugh Ambrose Jennings (April 2, 1869 - February 1, 1928) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mary Jane Elizabeth Colter (April 4, 1869 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 1958), American architect. ... Jan. ... is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Harvey Cushing (c. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gustav Vigeland (April 11, 1869 – March 12, 1943) was a Norwegian sculptor. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alice Frances Mabel (May) Moss (née Wilson) (April 27, 1869 - July 18, 1948) was an Australian womens rights activist. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hans Pfitzner (May 5, 1869 - May 22, 1949) was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Stone Stone (September 24, 1869 – May 20, 1943) was an American mathematician, physicist and inventor. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Flora Finch (June 17, 1869 London, UK) - (January 4, 1940, Los Angeles, California) was an English-born film actress who starred in over 200 silents for the Vitagraph film company. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hans Spemann (June 27, 1869 – September 9, 1941) was a German scientist and embryologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his discovery of the effect now known as newt with a mouth that was half newt and half tadpole[1], or more scientifically... Emil Adolf von Behring was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the treatment of diphtheria. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... [edit] July - December August 10 - Lawrence Binyon, English poet and scholar (d. 1943) September 3 - Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930) September 17 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1938) September 23 - Mary Mallon, "Typhoid Mary" (d. 1938) October 2 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader, Father of the Nation (d. 1948) October 25 - John Heisman, American football coach (d. 1936) November 10 - Wayne Wheeler, American temperance movement leader (d. 1927) November 11 - Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (d. 1947) November 20 - Herbert Tudor Buckland, seminal British Arts and crafts architect (d.1951) November 22 - André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951) November 25 - Herbert Greenfield, Premier of Alberta, Canada (d. 1949) November 30 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (d. 1937) December 16 - Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary and leader of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace December 22 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935) December 22 - Nathan Paine, American lumber baron (d. 1947) December 30 - Stephen Leacock, British-Canadian author and economist (d. 1944) December 31 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954) See also Category: 1869 births. is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Laurence Robert Binyon, (August 10, 1869 - March 10, 1943) was a British poet and scholar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Fritz (Friderik) Pregl (September 3, 1869 – December 13, 1930) was a Slovenian physician and chemist. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Christian Lous Lange (September 17, 1869 – December 11, 1938) was born in Stavanger, Norway, and received the Master of Arts degree from the University of Oslo in 1893. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Typhoid Mary redirects here. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... “Gandhi” redirects here. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Heisman John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a prominent American football player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and is the namesake of the Heisman Trophy awarded annually to the seasons best college football player. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (1869–1927) was born at Brookfield, Ohio. ... A cartoon from Australia ca. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy (29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–43) and King of Albania (1939–43). ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Herbert Tudor Buckland (November 20, 1869 - 1951) was a British architect, best known for his seminal Arts and Crafts houses (several of which, including his own at Edgbaston, are Grade I listed), the Elan Valley Reservoirs model village, educational buildings such as the campus of the Royal Hospital School in... Small wooden sculpture depicting a Native American mother holding her child. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Gide redirects here. ... René-François-Armand Prudhomme (1839–1907), a French poet and essayist, was the first person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901, in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Herbert Greenfield (November 25, 1869 - August 23, 1949), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1921 and 1925. ... Categories: Canada-related stubs | Alberta premiers ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nils Gustaf Dalén (November 30, 1869 – December 9, 1937) was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of AGA, the company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hristo Tatarchev - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Prominent issues in Greek foreign policy include a dispute over the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the enduring Cyprus problem, Greek-Turkish differences over the Aegean, and relations with the USA. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Greek refusal to recognize the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap ye