Page 6: 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   In the year 1868 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)   

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

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   On this day in history oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana   

Jul 14   In the year 1868 alvin J Fellows patents tape measure   

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

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

Jul 15   In the year 1868 william Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies   

Jul 16   In the year 1868 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87   

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

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

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

Jul 25   On this day in history territory of Wyoming created   

Jul 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 30   Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history constantine I, king of Greece   

Aug 05   In the year 1868 oskar Merikanto, composer   

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   In the year 1868 quake destroys Arica Chile   

Aug 11   Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity   

Jan 09   S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 14   On this day in history heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62   

Feb 11   In the year 1868 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