Historical Events In 1868

Mar 21   1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC in the year 1868.  

Mar 22   In the year 1868 hamish MacCunn, composer  

Mar 23   In the year 1868 u of Calif founded (Oakland Calif)  

Mar 23   University of California founded (Oakland CA) in the year 1868.  

Mar 24   Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms on this day in history.  

Mar 25   Bill Lockwood, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902) on this day in history.  

Mar 26   Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36) in the year 1868.  

Mar 27   Patty Smith Hill, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You) in the year 1868.  

Mar 27   In the year 1868 the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York.  

Mar 28   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter in the year 1868.  

Mar 28   On this day in history death of the Earl of Cardigan, British general who led the ill-conceived Charge of the Light Brigade against the Russians during the Crimean War.  

Mar 28   James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70 in the year 1868.  

Mar 29   On this day in history ka'u District, Hawaii a 7.0 earthquake, the foreshock of the 7.9 earthquake on April 03, 1868.  

Mar 31   In the year 1868 chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China  

Mar 31   Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist on this day in history.  

Apr 01   Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac) on this day in history.  

Apr 01   Hampton Institute opens in the year 1868.  

Apr 01   The birth of Edmond Rostand, French author on this day in history.  

Apr 01   The Canadian Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank in the year 1868.  

Apr 02   Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) in the year 1868.  

Apr 03   An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Apr 05   J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892) on this day in history.  

Apr 06   Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife in the year 1868.  

Apr 06   On this day in history brigham Young marries his 27th &final wife  

Apr 07   On this day in history thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.  

Apr 08   Hampton Institute opens in the year 1868.  

Apr 10   1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem" in the year 1868.  

Apr 10   On this day in history brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala  

Apr 10   George Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess) in the year 1868.  

Apr 11   The Shogunate is abolished in Japan in the year 1868.  

Apr 13   In the year 1868 abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.  

Apr 13   In the year 1868 john Blackwood McEwen, composer  

Apr 13   Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1868 birth of snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of vittorio Monti, composer  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity  

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 in the year 1868.  

Jan 03   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1868.  

Jan 07   On this day in history william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 14   On this day in history heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66  

Jan 22   Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died in the year 1868.  

Feb 11   Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies on this day in history.  

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

Mar 02   In the year 1868 carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81