1869

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Events

  • Real World: The British Parliament stops sending criminals to Australia as punishment.
  • Real World: New York Herald editor James Bennet sends Henry Stanley to seek out Dr. David Livingstone for little apparent reason.
  • Real World: The Meiji Emperor accepts the surrender of four of the most powerful clans, and reappoints their chiefs as provincial governors.
  • Real World: May 15. The National Women's Suffrage Association is founded in New York.
  • Real World: August 4. Norton I, "Emperor" of the United States, abolishes the Republican and Democratic Parties.
  • Real World: November 17. Inauguration of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

Births

Deaths

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, The Wyvern Mystery by Sheridan Le Fanu.


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