History of 1869

During the year of 1869 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 18, 1869 - Elegant Calif Theatre opens in SF
February 03, 1869 - Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in NYC (Romeo & Juliet)
April 18, 1869 - 1st International Cricket Match - held in SF - won by Californian
April 30, 1869 - the Hawaiian YMCA organized.
May 01, 1869 - Folies-Bergre opens in Paris
May 10, 1869 - Golden Spike driven - Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinential RR complete
June 08, 1869 - Ives McGaffey patents his vacuum cleaner (It sucks)
June 10, 1869 - Agnes arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef
August 01, 1869 - 1st voyage down Colorado River
August 23, 1869 - 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in SF
August 24, 1869 - the waffle iron is invented
September 06, 1869 - 1st westbound train arrives in SF.
September 24, 1869 - Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold
October 01, 1869 - 1st postcards are issued in Vienna
October 08, 1869 - Franklin Peirce 14th president of US died in Concord N.H.
October 16, 1869 - Hotel in Boston becomes the 1st to have indoor plumbing
October 21, 1869 - 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
November 06, 1869 - 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6 Princeton 4)
November 15, 1869 - Free Postal Delivery formally inaugurated
November 17, 1869 - Suez Canal opens
December 08, 1869 - 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council Vatican I opens in Rome
December 10, 1869 - Women granted right to vote in Wyoming Territory