1869
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Events
- DC (Generations): The prison on Rock Island is built around this time. (Superman & Batman: Generations; 100 years before 1969.)
- 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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