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

Jul 09   The first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) in the year 1868.  

Jul 10   Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1868.  

Jul 11   In the year 1868 j C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate  

Jul 12   Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) in the year 1868.  

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   In the year 1868 gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)  

Jul 14   Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct in the year 1868.  

Jul 15   In the year 1868 william Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies  

Jul 16   Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 20   Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1868 the first use of tax stamps on cigarettes  

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   US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho) in the year 1868.  

Jul 28   14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 28   The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist on this day in history.  

Aug 02   On this day in history constantine I, king of Greece  

Aug 05   Oskar Merikanto, composer on this day in history.  

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

Aug 07   In the year 1868 granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)  

Aug 08   Quake destroyes Arica Chile on this day in history.  

Aug 08   Quake destroys Arica Chile on this day in history.  

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

Aug 12   Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) in the year 1868.  

Aug 13   Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador) 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   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian was born in the year 1868.  

Jan 06   Vittorio Monti, composer was born in the year 1868.  

Jan 07   In the year 1868 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 in the year 1868.  

Jan 11   In the year 1868 birth of cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)  

Jan 14   In the year 1868 birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)  

Jan 03   On this day in history moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75  

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 in the year 1868.  

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

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

Mar 02   On this day in history carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81