Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   In the year 1868 samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71  

Jul 07   Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey v Sussex on this day in history.  

Jul 09   On this day in history 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)  

Jul 09   The first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) in the year 1868.  

Jul 10   Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1868.  

Jul 11   On this day in history j C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate  

Jul 12   Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) in the year 1868.  

Jul 13   Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana in the year 1868.  

Jul 14   On this day in history alvin J Fellows patents tape measure  

Jul 14   In the year 1868 gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)  

Jul 14   Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct in the year 1868.  

Jul 15   On this day in history william Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies  

Jul 16   On this day in history louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87  

Jul 20   1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jul 20   On this day in history the first use of tax stamps on cigarettes  

Jul 22   In the year 1868 zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51  

Jul 24   On this day in history george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies  

Jul 25   In the year 1868 territory of Wyoming created  

Jul 25   In the year 1868 uS Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho)  

Jul 28   In the year 1868 14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves  

Jul 28   14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves in the year 1868.  

Jul 28   In the year 1868 george Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor  

Jul 28   In the year 1868 the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.  

Jul 30   On this day in history alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist  

Aug 02   In the year 1868 constantine I, king of Greece  

Aug 05   Oskar Merikanto, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) in the year 1868.  

Aug 07   On this day in history granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony)  

Aug 08   On this day in history quake destroyes Arica Chile  

Aug 08   Quake destroys Arica Chile on this day in history.  

Aug 11   Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1868.  

Aug 12   Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) in the year 1868.  

Aug 13   On this day in history earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)  

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

Jan 03   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1868.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1868 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 14   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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   [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 on this day in history.