Historical Events In 1868

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

Mar 22   In the year 1868 hamish MacCunn, composer  

Mar 23   U of Calif founded (Oakland Calif) in the year 1868.  

Mar 23   On this day in history university of California founded (Oakland CA)  

Mar 24   In the year 1868 metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms  

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

Mar 26   Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36) in the year 1868.  

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

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

Mar 28   In the year 1868 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter  

Mar 28   On this day in history 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.  

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

Mar 29   Ka'u District, Hawaii a 7.0 earthquake, the foreshock of the 7.9 earthquake on April 03, 1868 in the year 1868.  

Mar 31   Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China in the year 1868.  

Mar 31   Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist in the year 1868.  

Apr 01   Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac) on this day in history.  

Apr 01   In the year 1868 hampton Institute opens  

Apr 01   The birth of Edmond Rostand, French author in the year 1868.  

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

Apr 02   Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave in the year 1868.  

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

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

Apr 06   Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife in the year 1868.  

Apr 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10   On this day in history brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala  

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

Apr 11   The Shogunate is abolished in Japan in the year 1868.  

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

Apr 13   John Blackwood McEwen, composer in the year 1868.  

Apr 13   Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide in the year 1868.  

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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   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   In the year 1868 birth of s. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)  

Jan 03   On this day in history moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75  

Jan 07   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1868 heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66  

Jan 22   On this day in history moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61  

Jan 28   In the year 1868 death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62  

Feb 11   On this day in history leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies  

Feb 29   On this day in history [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81  

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