Events in Music
- Feb 26 Franz Schubert's Symphony number 4, "The Tragic", premieres
- May 2 The Folies Trévise (later cabaret hall Folies Bergère) opens as an opera house in Paris, France
- Sep 22 Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold" (the 1st piece of his "Ring" cycle) premieres in Munich, Germany
- Oct 6 Johannes Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer" premieres
Musicians Born in 1869
- Jan 3 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer
- Jan 23 Felice Boghen, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1945)
- Jan 27 Will Marion Cook, American composer, violinist and choral director (In Dahomey), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1944)
- Jan 29 Andrey Scherbachov, Russian composer and pianist, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1922)
- Feb 10 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), born in Yevpatoria, Crimea (d. 1942)
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Musicians Married in 1869
- Jun 3 French "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet (30) weds Genevieve Halevy (20)
Hector Berlioz
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