What day of the week was October 16, 1869?

The day of the week October 16th, 1869 fell on was a Saturday.

Claude H. Van Tyne the American historian and author (d. 1930) was born on 16 October in 1869.

The Cardiff Giant the one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered". Girton College the Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.