Page 7: Historical Events In 1868

Aug 13   On this day in history in Peru and Bolivia a 8.5 earthquake killed 25,000 caused extreme damage and a tsunami   

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

Aug 14   On this day in history leone Sinigaglia, composer   

Aug 16   In the year 1868 bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)   

Aug 18   Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse on this day in history.   

Aug 25   In the year 1868 costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60   

Aug 25   In the year 1868 nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter   

Aug 27   In the year 1868 franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82   

Sep 08   In the year 1868 nY Athletic Club formed   

Sep 08   NY Athletic Club forms on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain) in the year 1868.   

Sep 10   In the year 1868 franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79   

Sep 14   On this day in history golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole)   

Sep 15   Dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter on this day in history.   

Sep 17   In the year 1868 roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

Sep 22   On this day in history race riots in New Orleans La   

Sep 23   On this day in history grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)   

Sep 25   In the year 1868 the Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski shipwrecks off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.   

Sep 26   In the year 1868 henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer   

Sep 27   In the year 1868 alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies   

Sep 28   Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France in the year 1868.   

Sep 28   Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed) in the year 1868.   

Sep 28   Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40 in the year 1868.   

Sep 30   In the year 1868 spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France   

Oct 01   1st edition of Maasbode published on this day in history.   

Oct 01   In the year 1868 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63   

Oct 04   Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, president of Argentina (1922-28) on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens   

Oct 07   Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895) in the year 1868.   

Oct 08   On this day in history max Slevogt, German painter   

Oct 10   In the year 1868 1st written account of a Canadian football game   

Oct 10   In the year 1868 cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

Oct 10   Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian   

Jan 06   In the year 1868 birth of vittorio Monti, composer   

Jan 07   Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity was born in the year 1868.   

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   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief) was born in the year 1868.   

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

Jan 07   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died in the year 1868.   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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