Editing 1869 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Abdur Rahman Khan]] is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite book|author=C.E.Buckland|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|publisher=Indological Book House|year=1971|page=6}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] &ndash; Scotland's second oldest professional [[Soccer|football]] team, [[Kilmarnock F.C.]], is founded.
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] is the first woman to testify before the [[United States Congress]].
* [[January 21]] &ndash; The [[P.E.O. Sisterhood]], a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at [[Iowa Wesleyan College]] in [[Mount Pleasant, Iowa]].
* [[January 27]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Ezo]] is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed [[Hokkaidō]] on [[September 20]]) by remaining adherents to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
* [[February 5]] &ndash; Prospectors in [[Moliagul, Victoria]], Australia, discover the largest [[Alluvium|alluvial]] [[gold nugget]] ever found, known as the "[[Welcome Stranger]]".
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Ranavalona II]], the [[Merina]] Queen of [[Madagascar]], is baptized.
* [[February 25]] &ndash; The [[Iron and Steel Institute]] is formed in London.
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI|Mahbub Ali Khan]], 2½, begins a 42-year reign as [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].
* [[March]] &ndash; In Japan, the ''[[daimyō]]s'' of the [[Tosa Domain|Tosa]], [[Hizen Domain|Hizen]], [[Satsuma Domain|Satsuma]] and [[Chōshū Domain]]s are persuaded to return their domains to the [[Emperor Meiji]], leading to creation of a fully centralized government in the country.<ref>[[Tianxia#Japan|天下]]</ref>
* [[March 1]]
**The [[North German Confederation]] issues 10[[groschen|gr]] and 30gr value stamps, printed on [[goldbeater's skin]].
**(O. S. February 17) &ndash; [[Dmitri Mendeleev]] finishes his design of the first [[periodic table]] and sends it for publishing.
* [[March 18]] (O. S. March 6) &ndash; [[Dmitri Mendeleev]] makes a formal presentation of his [[periodic table]] to the Russian Chemical Society.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Tītokowaru's War]] ends with the surrender of the last [[Māori people|Māori]] troops at large, in the [[South Taranaki District]] of New Zealand's [[North Island]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Wises New Zealand Guide.|publisher=Wises Publications Limited|year=1952|page=714}}</ref>