Historical Events In 1868

Jan 03   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian.   

Jan 03   Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors.   

Jan 03   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75.   

Jan 03   The authority of the Japanese emperor is reestablished, causing a decline in the military rule of the shoguns   

Jan 06   Vittorio Monti, composer   

Jan 07   Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist.   

Jan 07   Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock   

Jan 07   Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson   

Jan 07   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51.   

Jan 08   Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity.   

Jan 14   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)   

Jan 14   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66   

Jan 14   NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh   

Jan 14   North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh.   

Jan 14   South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority.   

Jan 15   Noach Zjordanija, Georgian veterinarian/premier (1918-21)   

Jan 16   Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer   

Jan 16   Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit.   

Jan 19   Gustav Meyrink, writer.   

Jan 20   Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee.   

Jan 22   Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61   

Jan 23   Juventino Rosas, composer.   

Jan 25   Senufe, Abyssinia, Canadian soldier Alexander Dunn killed when his hunting rifle accidentally went off; born at York, Upper Canada Sept. 15, 1833; inaugural Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross, for bravery as a lieutenant in the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Hussars at the 1854 charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava.   

Jan 27   Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera).   

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62   

Jan 28   Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer   

Jan 31   Theodore William Richards, chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914).   

Feb 03   Damaso Ledesma, composer.   

Feb 04   Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy, Irish patriot/playwright/MP   

Feb 05   Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer.   

Feb 10   Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida.   

Feb 10   William Allen White, Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942).   

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

Feb 12   Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP/founder (SDAP)   

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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)   

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,