1869 in History

Drafts an address from the International to the National Labor Union in the United States.

Arrested and incarcerated in the national jail, following an accusation of treason and bribery from the Spanish Government

Forced to surrender at the Battle of Hakodate & is imprisoned

Arrested, 1869-1872

Benedetti is told by Bismarck that Leopold had refused the Spanish throne

Prepares the General Council report on the right of inheritance for the International.

Leads Allied forces into Asuncion during the final phase of the war.

Celebrates the opening of the canal after a decade of construction across the Suez Isthmus.

Opens the completed Suez Canal to international navigation.

Appointed acting President of Ecuador

Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd constitutional term

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

Appointed Prime Minister of New Zealand, 3rd term

Leads a provisional government during the Red River Resistance.

Introduces the Irish Church Bill to end the Union of the English & Irish Churches. Introduces the Irish Church Bill to end the establishment of the Irish Church

Helps prepare a summary of General Council meetings for publication in The Bee-Hive.

Arranges transfer of Rupert Land from the Hudson Bay Company.

Opens the canal under Egyptian sovereignty while operation remains in the hands of the Suez Canal Company.

Informed by Charles Anthony that Leopold had been sounded out for the Spanish throne. Charles Anthony asks Bismarck to tell William to decide Leopolds Spanish succession

The Suez Canal opens

The Suez Canal is opened by Khedive Ismail Pasha of Egypt and Sudan

Helps issue an International address to European and American workers condemning violence in Belgium.

Stanford participates in the ceremony linking the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.

Arrested and incarcerated in the national jail, following an accusation of treason and bribery from the Spanish Government

Birth of Hendrikus Colijn

Birth of John Robert Clynes

Birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, son of a Prime Minister of a princely state

Neville Chamberlain is born in Birmingham to Joseph and Florence Chamberlain.

Death of Earl Stanley of Derby

Forced to surrender at the Battle of Hakodate & is imprisoned

Togo participated as a third-class officer aboard the Kasuga in the last battles against the remnants of the Bakufu forces, the naval Battle of Miyako