1869

1869 is a year o the Gregorian Calendar.

 Events 

 1st Januar: Sigma Nu, the first anti-hazing Fraternity is foundit.

 14t Februar: Charles Wilson, the Scottish physicist an Nobel laureate is born (he died in 1959)

 8t December : The first Vatican cooncil is officially open'd, provokit bi the Pape Pie IX tae discuss o the dogma o papal unfailingness (1869-1870); the cooncil is interrupted bi French-German weir.

 2t Februar: In Algeria a rebellion o 4000 men is beated bi colonel Sounis.

 29 Mey: The British Parliament passes the Capital Punishment (heid peikin) within Prisons Bill, thus endin public hangin.
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Years o the XIXt an XXt Centuries

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