Birth of Mahatma Ghandhi. 1869 First performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold. Completion of Suez Canal. Enters Stonyhurst, remains for 5 years, excelling at cricket and displays literary talent Death of Charles Dickens. Irish land reform.
Italian troops take Rome.
Birth of Bernard Baruch. La famille Holmes retourne en Angleterre Gilbert and Sullivan form partnership. Publication of Darwin's Descent of Man . U.S. passes Ku Klux Klan Act, banning activities. Winston Churchill born.