Historical Events In 1868

May 28   In the year 1868 claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)  

May 29   On this day in history the assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.  

May 30   Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves on this day in history.  

May 30   On this day in history memorial Day first observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves  

May 31   1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio in the year 1868.  

May 31   First Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH on this day in history.  

Jun 01   James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Jun 01   In the year 1868 james Buchanan, the 15th president of the U.S., dies near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  

Jun 01   In the year 1868 texas constitutional convention meets in Austin  

Jun 03   In the year 1868 lvar Henning Mankell, composer  

Jun 04   On this day in history van Bosse/Fock govt begins  

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

Jun 06   On this day in history robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition  

Jun 06   In the year 1868 the birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer  

Jun 09   In the year 1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California  

Jun 09   In the year 1868 first meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California  

Jun 09   James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies in the year 1868.  

Jun 10   2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 13   In the year 1868 oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana  

Jun 14   Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930) on this day in history.  

Jun 18   On this day in history miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)  

Jun 19   On this day in history heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie)  

Jun 19   Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC in the year 1868.  

Jun 20   Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

Jun 21   In the year 1868 wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich  

Jun 22   On this day in history arkansas re-enters US  

Jun 23   In the year 1868 christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"  

Jun 25   In the year 1868 fL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US  

Jun 29   In the year 1868 the birth of George Hale, American astronomer  

Jun 30   C V France, Bradford Engld, actor (Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail) on this day in history.  

Jul 04   Battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated on this day in history.  

Jul 05   In the year 1868 william H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)  

Jul 06   In the year 1868 petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Curacao)  

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

Jan 03   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian was born in the year 1868.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of vittorio Monti, composer  

Jan 07   Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1868 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   On this day in history birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)  

Jan 03   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 14   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 in the year 1868.  

Jan 22   In the year 1868 moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61  

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died in the year 1868.  

Feb 11   Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies on this day in history.  

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.