Deaths on December 18

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Died on December 18, 1869

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works. He spent most of his working career outside of the United States.

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Events on 1869

6 Mar

Periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
28 Apr

First Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
15 May

Susan B. Anthony
Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
17 Nov

Suez Canal
In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
22 Nov

Clipper
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

Deaths on December 18

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Died on December 18, 1869

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Events on 1869

Periodic table

First Transcontinental Railroad

Susan B. Anthony

Suez Canal

Clipper