Important Historical Events of the year 1869, Year 1869 in History

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List of 1869 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1869

What happened in the year 1869?

Date	Event
January 27, 1869	Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
February 5, 1869	The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
March 6, 1869	Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
March 24, 1869	The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
April 17, 1869	Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
April 28, 1869	Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
May 4, 1869	The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
May 10, 1869	The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.
May 26, 1869	Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
July 25, 1869	The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
August 2, 1869	Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
August 16, 1869	Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
August 29, 1869	The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
September 24, 1869	Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
October 5, 1869	The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
October 5, 1869	The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
October 16, 1869	The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
October 16, 1869	Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
November 6, 1869	In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
November 11, 1869	The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
November 17, 1869	In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
November 22, 1869	In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.
December 15, 1869	The short-lived Republic of Ezo is proclaimed in the Ezo area of Japan.[8] It is the first attempt to establish a democracy in Japan.