Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey v Sussex in the year 1868.   

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

Jul 09   The first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jul 11   J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate in the year 1868.   

Jul 12   Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 14   Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure in the year 1868.   

Jul 14   Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 15   William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies in the year 1868.   

Jul 16   Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1868.   

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

Jul 20   On this day in history antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75   

Jul 20   The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes in the year 1868.   

Jul 22   Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1868.   

Jul 24   George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Territory of Wyoming created on this day in history.   

Jul 25   US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho) on this day in history.   

Jul 28   14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves on this day in history.   

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

Jul 28   George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

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   Constantine I, king of Greece on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Oskar Merikanto, composer in the year 1868.   

Aug 06   Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 08   Quake destroyes Arica Chile in the year 1868.   

Aug 08   Quake destroys Arica Chile in the year 1868.   

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)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)   

Jan 03   In the year 1868 birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian   

Jan 06   In the year 1868 birth of vittorio Monti, composer   

Jan 07   Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 08   In the year 1868 birth of frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity   

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   On this day in history 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   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   Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1868.   

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