Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   On this day in history samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71  

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

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 10   In the year 1868 carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71  

Jul 11   J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)  

Jul 13   On this day in history 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   Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown) in the year 1868.  

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   Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 25   Territory of Wyoming created in the year 1868.  

Jul 25   US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho) in the year 1868.  

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

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

Jul 28   George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor in the year 1868.  

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   Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist in the year 1868.  

Aug 02   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 08   On this day in history quake destroys Arica Chile  

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

Aug 12   Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1868.  

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 in the year 1868.  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1868 moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75  

Jan 07   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1868.  

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   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   [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 in the year 1868.  

Mar 02   On this day in history carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81