Events from the year 1869 in the United States. January 1 – Sigma Nu, the first anti-hazing honor/social fraternity, is founded, at Virginia Military Institute. January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress.

Jul 20, 2019 · March 4, 1869: Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as president of the United States of America. September 24, 1869: A scheme by Wall Street operators Jay Gould and Jim Fisk to corner the gold market nearly took down the entire U.S. …

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1869 – The First transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. 1869 – Texas v. White upholds Radical Reconstruction and states that once Texas joins the Union, its union was indissoluble.

On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their...

January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

Historical Events for the Year 1869. 13th January » National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C. 27th January » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō. 5th February » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.

September 24, 1869 - Prompted by an attempt to corner the gold market, the financial Black Friday occurs in New York City. December 10, 1869 - In one of the first acts of success in the women's suffrage movement, a Women's Suffrage law passes in the Territory of Wyoming.

Feb 15, 2025 · Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the early months of President Ulysses Grant's...

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President 1869 - Wyoming becomes first state to grant woman suffrage 1869 - Golden spike nailed in, completing the First Transcontinental Railroad (North America)