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   1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)  

Jul 13   In the year 1868 oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana  

Jul 14   On this day in history alvin J Fellows patents tape measure  

Jul 14   In the year 1868 gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)  

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

Jul 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1868 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes  

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   In the year 1868 zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51  

Jul 24   On this day in history george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies  

Jul 25   Territory of Wyoming created in the year 1868.  

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

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

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

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   On this day in history alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist  

Aug 02   Constantine I, king of Greece in the year 1868.  

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   Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) in the year 1868.  

Aug 08   On this day in history quake destroyes Arica Chile  

Aug 08   In the year 1868 quake destroys Arica Chile  

Aug 11   On this day in history halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52  

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

Aug 13   In the year 1868 earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1868 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   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   In the year 1868 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   On this day in history birth of cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1868 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   On this day in history death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62  

Feb 11   In the year 1868 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   In the year 1868 carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81