6 January 1869Resume of General Council MeetingsKarl Heinrich Marx
Helps prepare a summary of General Council meetings for publication in The Bee-Hive.
Historical records for Germany in 1869, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Helps prepare a summary of General Council meetings for publication in The Bee-Hive.
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
Helps issue an International address to European and American workers condemning violence in Belgium.
Benedetti is told by Bismarck that Leopold had refused the Spanish throne
Drafts an address from the International to the National Labor Union in the United States.
Prepares the General Council report on the right of inheritance for the International.
Appointedadet in the Deaths Head Hussars
Observes sharp shadows in discharge tubes, showing that cathode rays travel in straight lines from the cathode.
The Customs Union fails, "no man is humiliated who does not feel himself humiliated"
Composes, "Das Rheingold"
1st performance of, "Das Rheingold"
The North German Confederation allows equal rights for the different religious denominations
The North German Confederation establishes unified measures and weights (with the obligatory introduction of the metric system)
Founded by Liebknecht at the Congress of German Socialists
The Customs Union fails, "no man is humiliated who does not feel himself humiliated"
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