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| 1869 |
| | | Cincinnati, Ohio, fielding the first baseball team in which every member is a hired professional, wins every match of the year | |
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| 1869 |
| | | English author Matthew Arnold publishes Culture and Anarchy, an influential collection of essays about contemporary society | |
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| 1869 |
| | | British prime minister William Gladstone introduces a bill to disestablish the Anglican church in Ireland | |
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| 1869 |
| | | The Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads meet at Promontory Summit in Utah, completing the first transcontinental line | |
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| 1869 |
| | | The territory of the Hudson's Bay Company is transferred to the new state of Canada | |
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| 1869 |
| | | Britain, France and Italy take joint control of the finances of a bankrupt Tunisia | |
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| 1869 |
| | | The proprietor of the New York Herald gives Henry Morton Stanley a very concise commission – 'Find Livingstone' | |
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| 1869 |
| | | Das Rheingold, with its premiere in Munich, is the first part of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle to be staged | |
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| 1869 |
| | | British explorer Samuel Baker annexes the southern Sudan, or Equatoria, on behalf of the khedive of Egypt | |
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| 1869 |
| | | Thousands of distinguished guests assemble at Port Said for the opening of the Suez Canal | |
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