1869

1869 was two years before the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• The Argo and Calera post offices were established.
• Talladega College was chartered.

Business

• The Drennen and Company Department Store opened for business.

Works

Buildings

• William Nabors residence

Individuals

• Samuel R. Freeman became president of Howard College.
• Thomas Harrison became Shelby County Sheriff again.
• Mortimer Jordan, Jr was appointed surgeon to the Alabama penitentiary.
• A. O. Lane was admitted to the bar.

Births

• January 31: Morris Newfield, rabbi
• February 18: David McLendon, President of Birmingham City Commission (1921–1925)
• September 19: B. H. Cooper, businessman and Birmingham Alderman
• November 11: George Huddleston, Sr, politician
• John Lewis Morris, aviator
• D. F. Sugg, Mayor of Ensley

Graduations

• B. B. Comer from Emory and Henry College

Deaths

• July 12: Daniel Davis, physician and settler
• William Browne, coal operator

Context

In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant became president of the U.S. The American Museum of Natural History was founded in New York. Purdue University was founded. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman's Suffrage Association. The first issue of the scientific journal Nature was published. The first game of football between two American colleges was played. The Suez Canal opened. Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace was published in book form.

Notable births in 1869 included Grigori Rasputin, Neville Chamberlain, Mahatma Gandhi, John Heisman, and Henri Matisse. Deaths included those of John A. Roebling and Franklin Pierce.

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