Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1868.  

Jul 07   Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey v Sussex on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1868 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)  

Jul 09   On this day in history the first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)  

Jul 10   On this day in history carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71  

Jul 11   J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate in the year 1868.  

Jul 12   In the year 1868 stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)  

Jul 13   Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana on this day in history.  

Jul 14   In the year 1868 alvin J Fellows patents tape measure  

Jul 14   On this day in history gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)  

Jul 14   Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct on this day in history.  

Jul 15   William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies in the year 1868.  

Jul 16   On this day in history louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87  

Jul 20   On this day in history 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes  

Jul 20   In the year 1868 antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75  

Jul 20   The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1868.  

Jul 24   George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 25   In the year 1868 territory of Wyoming created  

Jul 25   On this day in history uS Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho)  

Jul 28   In the year 1868 14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves  

Jul 28   14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves in the year 1868.  

Jul 28   George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor on this day in history.  

Jul 28   In the year 1868 the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.  

Jul 30   Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist in the year 1868.  

Aug 02   In the year 1868 constantine I, king of Greece  

Aug 05   Oskar Merikanto, composer in the year 1868.  

Aug 06   On this day in history paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)  

Aug 07   Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Quake destroyes Arica Chile in the year 1868.  

Aug 08   On this day in history quake destroys Arica Chile  

Aug 11   In the year 1868 halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52  

Aug 12   In the year 1868 frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)  

Aug 13   Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador) 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   On this day in history birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1868 heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66  

Jan 22   On this day in history moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61  

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

Feb 11   On this day in history leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies  

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

Mar 02   Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.