Page 6: Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1868.   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71   

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

Jul 12   In the year 1868 stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)   

Jul 13   Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana on this day in history.   

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

Jul 16   Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jul 22   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 28   In the year 1868 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   Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist on this day in history.   

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

Aug 05   Oskar Merikanto, composer in the year 1868.   

Aug 06   On this day in history paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1868 birth of snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)   

Jan 03   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of vittorio Monti, composer   

Jan 07   In the year 1868 birth of abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity   

Jan 09   In the year 1868 birth of s. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)   

Jan 11   In the year 1868 birth of cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)   

Jan 14   In the year 1868 birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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