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Topic: Other events of 1869


  
  History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine
Other losses of the season were as follows: Steamer Pontiac exploded at Grand Haven and three lives lost.
They kept their course until near each other, when the Pewabic put her helm aport, and had just commenced to swing when she was struck in the vicinity of the pilot house by the Meteor, cutting her down to the water’s edge.
Other movements on the lakes were made about this time, but as the invasion was soon quelled and put an end to, quiet was very speedily restored.
linkstothepast.com /marine/chapt38.html   (11688 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1869   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria...
The Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4-10 May 1869, at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, between the remnants of the Shoguns navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy.
Categories: 1869 Jump to: navigation, search March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1869   (5474 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Events June 27 - The first Queen's Plate race is held in TorontoAugust 25 - Montreal's Victoria Bridge opensSeptember 1: The construction of the Canadian House of Commons began.
Events The first female student was accepted into Mount Allison University in Sackville, New BrunswickSmallpox sweeps through Fort Victoria area and down the length of the Northwest Coast, killin..
Events March 29 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America ActJuly 1 - The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the B..
www.hostingciamca.com /browse.php?title=1/18/186   (3799 words)

  
 METIS CULTURE 1869
A painting by Frances Ann Hopkins (1838-1918), made in 1869, is titled Canoes in Fog, on Lake Superior.
Between 1841 and 1869 it is estimated that 20,000 people died on the Oregon trail from Independence Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and into Oregon.
Others contend he had trouble in assembling seventy men, including the likes of Thomas Scott.
www.agt.net /public/dgarneau/metis48.htm   (2365 words)

  
 Past events
At this event, we were again fortunate to be among those chosen as the color guard.
Mary Walker, recipient of the Medal of Honor, and others buried in Rural Cemetary, Town of Oswego.
Though the weather was not the nicest, the event was a fantastic learning experience, and fun was had by all.
www.122ndnewyork.com /past/past.html   (1092 words)

  
 Kingwood College Library - 19th Century - the 1860s
Albert Bierstadt, and others were inspired by the beauty of America.
Poets of this period devoted themselves to slavery and events of the Civil War.
Children were drawn into the events of the time through their schools as well as their families.
kclibrary.nhmccd.edu /19thcentury1860.htm   (2970 words)

  
 Around Texas Events 2005: Texas Exibits & Other Events - TourTexas.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
An official CASI event to benefit the Marathon Volunteer Fire Dept. Lots of good food and music culminating in what is the best outdoor Country dance in Texas at the Marathon Post.
This events in conjunction with Elf Tabatha's Fright 5K Run Walk n' Roll, which is open to everyone of all ages.
The dazzling event celebrates the beginning of the holiday season with shimmering floats, giant balloons, sparkling antique cars, marching bands, costumed characters plus a visit from Santa Claus and his elves, which make for a memorable holiday experience for the entire family.
www.tourtexas.com /listbytypeb05-other.html   (11676 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Other Sport | Boat Race 2004 | Rowing back the years
Two friends, Charles Merival who was at Cambridge, and Charles Wordsworth (nephew of the poet William Wordsworth), a student at Oxford, decided to hold a race between the universities.
Each year, the loser of the previous year's event challenges the winner to a new race.
For their part Oxford won 10 in a row from 1976 and also racked up two nine race streaks - from 1861 to 1869 and again from 1890 to 1898.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/boat_race_2004/3523586.stm   (538 words)

  
 Events
Events include a parade, a baby contest, fair, basketball tourney, a children’s play, and a mayor’s dinner for the older folks of the community.
Paradise is home to one of the largest berry farms around, as well as a trout farm, so this event celebrates trout and berries and features a parade, pie eating contest, basketball, 5k run, a trout dinner, and raspberry delights.
Throughout the region, homeowners take delight in decorating their houses and yards with lights and other decorations, but Preston is especially well-known for its flashy displays and the celebration that begins with a parade and fireworks.
www.bearriverheritage.com /DrawEvents.aspx   (2106 words)

  
 ipedia.com: 1869 in science Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The year 1869 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed See also: 1868 in science, other events of 1869, 1870 in science, list of years in science.
The year 1869 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed
See also: 1868 in science, other events of 1869, 1870 in science, list of years in science.
www.ipedia.com /1869_in_science.html   (110 words)

  
 Mardi Gras History & Timeline
It has not been added to, nor events deleted, to harden or soften the impact of the deeds of our ancestors upon the timeline.
Other firsts are the Carnival colors, song, and flag.
It is the only other source of Ball coverage besides the local newspaper.
www.mardigrasdigest.com /html/mardi_gras_history__timeline.htm   (7242 words)

  
 Emma Goldman: Chronology 1869 - 1900
The research involved in locating relatively rare source material for tracking and recording a full list of Goldman's speaking engagements (sometimes numbering over three hundred in a year), and determining which of her scheduled lectures were barred by the police, was daunting.
For these, and other events in her life, the Project editors relied primarily on the sometimes flawed recollections in Goldman's autobiography, reports from Mother Earth magazine, her chronicle of her experiences in Russia, letters and government documents in the collection, and various secondary historical sources.
Although the identity of the bomb-thrower is never determined, prominent anarchists and organizers of the event are held responsible and sentenced to death.
sunsite.berkeley.edu /Goldman/Guide/chronology6900.html   (6698 words)

  
 A Smattering of Women's History
1869 The electric vibrator makes its debut with the invention of a steam-powered massager, patented by an American doctor and designed as a medical tool for treating “female disorders”.
The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the decision was reversed in what was to become a landmark decision in Constitutionallaw.
It lasted until 1992, and organized several acts of civil disobedience for ratification of the ERA in 1982, resulting in the arrest and jailing of members of the group.
publici.ucimc.org /mar2002/32002_5.htm   (1423 words)

  
 Daniel Boorstin
A committee is formed, including a prominent banker, a leading society matron, a well-known lawyer, an influential preacher, and an "event" is planned (say a banquet) to call attention to the distinguished service the hotel has been rendering the community.
On the other hand, if the hotel's services had been all that important, instigation by public relations counsel might not have been necessary.
Other Presidents gave favored correspondents an interview from time to time or dropped hints to friendly journalists.
www.cis.vt.edu /modernworld/d/boorstin.html   (7124 words)

  
 Motorwheels monowheels
Two wheels one after the other is just a motorcycle- unless what they support is actually a complete car, with gyroscope stabilisation to stop it falling over.
Note that the banner between the two towers calls it a "unicycle" and also indicates that the event is a time-trial; there was clearly no similiar machine to race against.
It differed from the other monowheel designs in that it was wide enough to stand up by itself, without the need for continuous balancing.
www.dself.dsl.pipex.com /MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/motorwhl/motorwhl.htm   (5568 words)

  
 Women's Rights:Related Events
This page atempts to trace the major historical influences and events to the contemporary organizations that maintain and carry forward the legacies of the past.
Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, other social reformers present at Seneca Falls and Rochester Conventions, Report of the Seneca Falls Convention printed at Douglass' office in Rochester.
Gerrit Smith, Samuel J. May and others free a fugitive slave in federal custody during NYS Liberty Party convention in Syracuse.
www.nps.gov /wori/related.htm   (524 words)

  
 SSHL: Latin American Election Statistics: Dominican Republic : Elections and events 1850-1869   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Schoenrich 1918: "The other generals...on October 10, 1864, deposed [Salcedo] and made General Gaspar Polanco president in his stead...Polanco did not enjoy his triumph long.
On September 23rd, Cabral was proclaimed elected by a majority of 4,000 votes over those cast for the other candidates, and as soon as the Constitution of 1865 had, with slight modifications, been once more proclaimed in force, the Provisional President, on September 29, 1866, was inaugurated as Constitutional President of the Republic" (page 311).
All material contained in Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources is protected by copyright, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form.
dodgson.ucsd.edu /las/dominican/1850dom.htm   (5738 words)

  
 History - Events
There are four sections: ancient Olympic events, tour of the Olympic site, athlete's stories, and context of the games and the Olympic spirit.
Commentary on career, family, patrons, images, and Inquisition events are presented in a tasteful format.
Marx's Eighteenth Brumiere of Louis Bonaparte deals with the events and aftermath of the revolution of 1848 in France and Engels' The Peasant War in Germany draws parallels between the 1848 revolutions in Germany and the uprisings in the 16
www.csus.edu /indiv/m/martellc/PrimeSites-History/history2.htm   (2668 words)

  
 1869 Society Events | Corcoran Gallery of Art
Details about this event and information about tickets will be available soon.
The 1869 Society will host a Members-only Preview and Reception celebrating this instrument and the many images of it found in American art.
This event is FREE to current 1869 Society Members and invited guests only.
www.corcoran.org /membership/1869_events.htm   (371 words)

  
 us-events
Supreme Court upholds state regulation of warehouse rates and other facilities as well as intrastate railroad rates in public interest.
Hoover proposes and other nations accept one-year moratorium on all intergovernmental debts, including reparation, effective in July.
Joint statement by the Federal Reserve Board and other supervisory agencies urges lenders to restrict speculative and inflationary loans.
www.duke.edu /~charvey/Country_risk/chronology/us-events.htm   (5963 words)

  
 OTHER EVENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The event was sponsored by the U of I Alumni Association from the Chicago campus and the U of I Alumni Club of Washington DC.
March 23, 2002, the 37 attendees at this event spanned classes from 1949 to 2001 and represented the UIUC and Chicago campuses.
More than 300 alumni attended this event, and were treated to a stadium style lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers, accompanied by all the trimmings.
www.dcillini.org /ui_1past.htm   (6500 words)

  
 Timeline France 1796-1869
The event was described in a poem by Tennyson.
The event became memorialized in the Cinco de Mayo annual festival.
1869 Jul 15, Margarine was patented by Hippolye Mega-Mouriss for use by French Navy.
timelines.ws /countries/FRANCE1796_1869.HTML   (13511 words)

  
 1869 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/1869   (938 words)

  
 The Western Iowa Tourism Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Along with serving as an official welcome center for the states of Iowa and Nebraska, providing maps, brochures and travel assistance, the Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center showcases a variety of permanent exhibits on historic riverboats, the Missouri River and Sioux City history.
The Missouri River city where explorers Lewis and Clark left their mark is making a splash of its own with a revitalized downtown, a beautiful riverfront, and new attractions and events.
Restored to reflect the era, the house where singer Andy Williams was born and lived until 8 years of age displays items donated by Andy and members of his fan club, along with other items of local historical interest.
www.traveliowa.org /places.html   (3605 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Other Powers: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It devotes a particular amount of time to the changing nuances of her "free love" doctrine and other participants in that movement (one which was, most certainly, ahead of its time--we don't generally think of Victorian times and Free Love in the same boat these days), and the Beecher-Tilton adultery trial.
Goldsmith isn't afraid to throw stones (mostly by quoting their own less than tolerant words) at suffrage icons Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony, and others, in the course of depicting an unbiased view of the debate that raged for both women's and fl men's suffrage at the time.
There's not as much focus on the Spiritualism movement, though the overview is thorough and the author depicts in great detail the ways in which Victoria and Tennessee were involved in it as trance speakers and predictors of the future, both from a very young age.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060953322?v=glance   (3200 words)

  
 Northwest Resistance: Chronology of Events
English Half-Breeds of St.Catherine's and the Ridge vote to remain neutral in the event of armed conflict.
The Winnipeg Militia is ordered to a state of readiness and Major-General Frederick Dobson Middleton is given command of the troops.
Kapapamahchakwew and seven other Indians are hanged at Battleford.
library.usask.ca /northwest/background/chronol.htm   (1017 words)

  
 Other Ingersoll Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
As other townships were formed and settled Owosso township came to it's present size.
Beginning at Stowe in his youth, afterwards at several other places, Boston, Winter Hill, Somerville and elsewhere, he performed missionary labor, founding, it is said, by his direct efforts, three churches, and indirectly causing to be founded three others.
He was author of several books, among others a metrical version of "Pilgrim's Progress," published by Lee and Shepard, Boston, in 1869, while he was in Shrewsbury.
www.ingersoll.net /ing_misc.htm   (7290 words)

  
 Other Upcoming Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Robin Cody discusses "The Spirit of "Rivers in Northwest Literature" Cody is the author of Ricochet River, and Voyage of a Summer Sun: Canoeing the Columbia River Smith Hall, Albany Quadrangle
Source material for the radio series will include conferences and symposia organized by the College, local and national scholars, the College’s renowned collection of Lewis and Clark Expedition literature and interviews with scholars and others.
A Web site will be maintained during the radio project to give listeners previews of upcoming programs, to test elements being developed for a companion DVD, to get “inside" stories from experts working on the radio project and, in general, to serve as a one-stop resource for Lewis and Clark bicentennial activity.
www.thejourneycontinues.org /events.html   (721 words)

  
 News & Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It grew still larger by annexation of Brooklyn (1872), Vernon Heights (1891), the area north to Berkeley (1897), and the area south to San Leandro (1909).
Also included are paintings created by artists using aspects of Oakland as inspiration for their work.
There are a variety of artifacts including toys, costumes and textiles, furniture, signs, documents and other objects used or made in Oakland.
www.oaklandnet.com /parks/news/012203d.asp   (483 words)

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