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

Jul 12   On this day in history stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)  

Jul 13   On this day in history oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana  

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

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

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   Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1868.  

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

Jul 22   On this day in history zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51  

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

Jul 25   On this day in history 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   14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history oskar Merikanto, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)  

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   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   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   Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1868 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   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1868.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1868 leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies  

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