Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jul 07   Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey v Sussex in the year 1868.  

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1868 j C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate  

Jul 12   Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 14   Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure on this day in history.  

Jul 14   Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown) on this day in history.  

Jul 14   On this day in history tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct  

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

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

Jul 20   1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes in the year 1868.  

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

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history territory of Wyoming created  

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

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

Jul 28   On this day in history 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves  

Jul 28   George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor in the year 1868.  

Jul 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history oskar Merikanto, composer  

Aug 06   Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   On this day in history granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)  

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

Aug 08   Quake destroys Arica Chile in the year 1868.  

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

Aug 12   Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on this day in history.  

Aug 13   Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador) in the year 1868.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of s. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)  

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

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

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

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