WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1869
Find out what all happened August to October 1869

Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich. (22. September 1869)

The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto. (15. August 1869)

The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer. (5. October 1869)

The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway. (29. August 1869)

Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War. (16. August 1869)

Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869). (2. August 1869)

Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women. (16. October 1869)

"Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. (24. September 1869)

The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered". (16. October 1869)