1869 (MDCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1869th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 869th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1869, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 18th century19th century20th century
Decades: 1830s  1840s  1850s  – 1860s –  1870s  1880s  1890s
Years: 1866 1867 186818691870 1871 1872
1869 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1869
MDCCCLXIX
Ab urbe condita2622
Armenian calendar1318
ԹՎ ՌՅԺԸ
Assyrian calendar6619
Bahá'í calendar25–26
Balinese saka calendar1790–1791
Bengali calendar1276
Berber calendar2819
British Regnal year32 Vict. 1 – 33 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar2413
Burmese calendar1231
Byzantine calendar7377–7378
Chinese calendar戊辰(Earth Dragon)
4565 or 4505
    — to —
己巳年 (Earth Snake)
4566 or 4506
Coptic calendar1585–1586
Discordian calendar3035
Ethiopian calendar1861–1862
Hebrew calendar5629–5630
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1925–1926
 - Shaka Samvat1790–1791
 - Kali Yuga4969–4970
Holocene calendar11869
Igbo calendar869–870
Iranian calendar1247–1248
Islamic calendar1285–1286
Japanese calendarMeiji 2
(明治2年)
Javanese calendar1797–1798
Julian calendarGregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar4202
Minguo calendar43 before ROC
民前43年
Nanakshahi calendar401
Thai solar calendar2411–2412
Tibetan calendar阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1995 or 1614 or 842
    — to —
阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
1996 or 1615 or 843

Events

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Deaths

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Hit songs

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  • "Little Brown Jug" by R.E. Eastburn
  • "Now the Day is Over" by Joseph Barnby
  • "Shoo, Fly! Don't Bother Me!" by T. Bringham Bishop
  • "Sweet Genevieve" by Henry Tucker