Historical Events In 1868

May 28   Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue) in the year 1868.   

May 29   The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade in the year 1868.   

May 30   Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history memorial Day first observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves   

May 31   On this day in history 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio   

May 31   First Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH in the year 1868.   

Jun 01   In the year 1868 james Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77   

Jun 01   In the year 1868 james Buchanan, the 15th president of the U.S., dies near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.   

Jun 01   Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin in the year 1868.   

Jun 03   On this day in history lvar Henning Mankell, composer   

Jun 04   In the year 1868 van Bosse/Fock govt begins   

Jun 05   In the year 1868 anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73   

Jun 06   In the year 1868 robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition   

Jun 06   On this day in history the birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer   

Jun 09   1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California on this day in history.   

Jun 09   First meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California on this day in history.   

Jun 09   James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies in the year 1868.   

Jun 10   On this day in history 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02   

Jun 10   On this day in history michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered   

Jun 13   In the year 1868 oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana   

Jun 14   Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930) on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44) on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC on this day in history.   

Jun 20   On this day in history helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame   

Jun 21   On this day in history wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich   

Jun 22   Arkansas re-enters US in the year 1868.   

Jun 23   In the year 1868 christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"   

Jun 25   FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US in the year 1868.   

Jun 29   On this day in history the birth of George Hale, American astronomer   

Jun 30   C V France, Bradford Engld, actor (Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail) in the year 1868.   

Jul 04   On this day in history battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated   

Jul 05   William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren) on this day in history.   

Jul 06   Petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Curacao) in the year 1868.   

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1868 birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian   

Jan 06   Vittorio Monti, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 09   S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 11   Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940) was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 14   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1868 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 14   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1868.   

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies in the year 1868.   

Feb 29   [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1868.