Timeline February 1869

Events in February 1869 2

• 1790 – 1869 Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) Died 28 February 1869, aged 78 Alphonse de Lamartine was a French poet, writer, and statesman who briefly led the provisional government of France during the 1848 revolution. His Romantic poetry, including "Meditations Poetiques," made him one of the most celebrated French writers of his generation. He died in Paris after years of declining health and financial hardship.
• 1869 Congress passes the Fifteenth Amendment Amendment barring race-based voting restrictions sent to states The US Congress approved the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting federal and state governments from denying citizens the vote based on race or previous condition of servitude. It was sent to the states for ratification, completed the following year. The amendment followed the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments as part of Reconstruction-era civil rights legislation.