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   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) in the year 1868.   

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

Jul 11   In the year 1868 j C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate   

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 24   George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies in the year 1868.   

Jul 25   On this day in history territory of Wyoming created   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1868.   

Aug 05   In the year 1868 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   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   In the year 1868 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   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Vittorio Monti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born in the year 1868.   

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

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   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   In the year 1868 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81