Famous Deaths Happened In 1868

Jan 03 Moritz hauptmann: Composer,  

Jan 07 William batchelder bradbury: Composer,  

Jan 14 Heinrich schenker: Austrian musicologist (ursatz),  

Jan 22 Moritz ganz: Composer,  

Jan 28 Adalbert stifter: Austrian author (witiko), commits suicide at 62  

Feb 11 Leon foucault: Discovers 1st physical proof of earth's rotation,  

Feb 29 [charles] louis i [augustus]: King of bavaria (l montez),  

Mar 02 Carl eberwein: Composer,  

Mar 04 Jesse chisholm: American pioneer of the chisholm trail (b. 1805)  

Mar 28 James thomas brudenell: 7th earl of cardigan,  

Apr 03 Franz adolf berwald: Swedish composer,  

Apr 07 D'arcy mcgee: Canadian journalist and father of confederation (b. 1825)  

Apr 13 Theodorus: [kasa], emperor of abyssinia, commits suicide  

Apr 21 Henry james o'farrell: Australian would-be assassin of prince alfred, duke of edinburgh  

May 03 Olof wilhelm udden: Composer,  

May 07 Henry peter brougham: Lord high chancellor of great britain (b. 1778)  

May 10 Henry bennett: American politician (b. 1808)  

May 17 Isami kondo: Shinsengumi commander (b. 1834)  

May 22 Julius plucker: German mathematician/physicist (formula of p),  

May 23 Kit carson: American trapper, scout, and indian agent (b. 1809)  

May 26 Michael barrett: Irish nationalist, last british public execution  

May 29 Michael obrenovich iii: Prince of serbia (b. 1823)  

Jun 01 James buchanan: 15th us president (1857-61),  

Jun 05 Anselm huttenbrenner: Composer,  

Jun 09 James brooke: Rajah of sarawak (1841-68),  

Jun 10 Michael obrenovic: Ruler of sweden, murdered  

Jun 22 Heber c. kimball: American religious leader (b. 1801)  

Jun 25 Carlo matteucci: Italian physicist (b. 1811)  

Jul 06 Samuel lover: Composer,  

Jul 10 Carlo conti: Composer,  

Jul 15 William thomas morton: Dentist (1st to use ether),  

Jul 16 Louis-francois dauprat: Composer,  

Jul 19 Soji okita: Japanese samurai, 1st captain of the shinsengumi (b. 1842 or 1844)  

Jul 20 Antoine prumier: Composer,  

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Jan 01 Snitz edwards: American actor  

Jan 03 Franz v m cumont: Belgian religious historian  

Jan 06 Vittorio monti: Composer  

Jan 07 Abraham m "mark" lidzbarski: Polish/german orientalist  

Jan 08 Frank dyson: Proved einstein right about light bent by gravity  

Jan 09 S. p. l. sørensen: Danish chemist  

Jan 11 Cai yuanpei: Chinese educator  

Jan 14 Catharina a m de savornin lohman: Dutch author (belief)