Historical Events In 1868

Mar 21   In the year 1868 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC  

Mar 22   On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer  

Mar 23   On this day in history u of Calif founded (Oakland Calif)  

Mar 23   In the year 1868 university of California founded (Oakland CA)  

Mar 24   Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms in the year 1868.  

Mar 25   Bill Lockwood, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902) in the year 1868.  

Mar 26   Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36) on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Patty Smith Hill, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You) on this day in history.  

Mar 27   The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York on this day in history.  

Mar 28   In the year 1868 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter  

Mar 28   Death of the Earl of Cardigan, British general who led the ill-conceived Charge of the Light Brigade against the Russians during the Crimean War in the year 1868.  

Mar 28   On this day in history james Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70  

Mar 29   On this day in history ka'u District, Hawaii a 7.0 earthquake, the foreshock of the 7.9 earthquake on April 03, 1868.  

Mar 31   On this day in history chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China  

Mar 31   In the year 1868 karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist  

Apr 01   In the year 1868 edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)  

Apr 01   In the year 1868 hampton Institute opens  

Apr 01   In the year 1868 the birth of Edmond Rostand, French author  

Apr 01   In the year 1868 the Canadian Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank.  

Apr 02   Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) in the year 1868.  

Apr 03   In the year 1868 an Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave  

Apr 03   Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 in the year 1868.  

Apr 05   J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892) on this day in history.  

Apr 06   On this day in history brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife  

Apr 06   In the year 1868 brigham Young marries his 27th &final wife  

Apr 07   Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician in the year 1868.  

Apr 08   Hampton Institute opens in the year 1868.  

Apr 10   On this day in history 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"  

Apr 10   Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala on this day in history.  

Apr 10   On this day in history george Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess)  

Apr 11   The Shogunate is abolished in Japan on this day in history.  

Apr 13   In the year 1868 abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.  

Apr 13   In the year 1868 john Blackwood McEwen, composer  

Apr 13   Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of s. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)  

Jan 11   Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940) was born in the year 1868.  

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   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   In the year 1868 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   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 in the year 1868.  

Mar 02   In the year 1868 carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81