Famous Deaths Happened In 1868

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

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

Jan 14 On this day in history heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66  

Jan 22 Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Jan 28 On this day in history death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62  

Feb 11 Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies in the year 1868.  

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 in the year 1868.  

Mar 04 On this day in history death of jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805)  

Mar 28 In the year 1868 james Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70  

Apr 03 Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825) died in the year 1868.  

Apr 13 In the year 1868 death of theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide  

Apr 21 On this day in history death of henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh  

May 03 On this day in history olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68  

May 07 Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) died in the year 1868.  

May 10 Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808) died in the year 1868.  

May 17 Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834) died on this day in history.  

May 22 Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies on this day in history.  

May 23 In the year 1868 death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)  

May 26 Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution died on this day in history.  

May 29 Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823) died in the year 1868.  

Jun 01 James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77 in the year 1868.  

Jun 05 Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jun 09 James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 10 On this day in history death of michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered  

Jun 22 Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801) died in the year 1868.  

Jun 25 On this day in history death of carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (b. 1811)  

Jul 06 In the year 1868 samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71  

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

Jul 19 In the year 1868 death of soji Okita, Japanese samurai, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844)  

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

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Jan 01 Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937) was born in the year 1868.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09 S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11 In the year 1868 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.