On This Day

Historical Events in February 1869

  • Feb 2 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
  • Feb 3 Booth Theater at 23rd & 6th opens in NYC (Romeo & Juliet)
  • Feb 5 World's largest alluvial gold nugget, the Welcome Stranger, found by John Deason and Richard Oates (weighting 97.14kg) in Moliagul, Australia
  • Feb 6 Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers

Historic Event

Feb 15 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped

Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis
  • Feb 19 US Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized
  • Feb 20 Tennessee Governor W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis
  • Feb 23 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law
  • Feb 26 US 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states to ratify

Music Premiere

Feb 26 Franz Schubert's Symphony number 4, "The Tragic", premieres

Franz Schubert
Composer Franz Schubert
  • Feb 27 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress

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