Page 6: 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   In the year 1868 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) 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 13   In the year 1868 oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana   

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

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

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

Jul 20   1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes in the year 1868.   

Jul 20   In the year 1868 antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75   

Jul 20   The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes on this day in history.   

Jul 22   On this day in history zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51   

Jul 24   In the year 1868 george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies   

Jul 25   In the year 1868 territory of Wyoming created   

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

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

Jul 28   On this day in history 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves   

Jul 28   On this day in history george Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor   

Jul 28   On this day in history the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.   

Jul 30   In the year 1868 alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist   

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

Aug 05   On this day in history oskar Merikanto, composer   

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

Aug 07   Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) in the year 1868.   

Aug 08   Quake destroyes Arica Chile in the year 1868.   

Aug 08   In the year 1868 quake destroys Arica Chile   

Aug 11   On this day in history halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52   

Aug 12   On this day in history frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)   

Aug 13   In the year 1868 earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)   

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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   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   S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1868 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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.