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) in the year 1868.   

Aug 14   On this day in history leone Sinigaglia, composer   

Aug 16   Bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances) in the year 1868.   

Aug 18   In the year 1868 pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse   

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   On this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82   

Sep 08   In the year 1868 nY Athletic Club formed   

Sep 08   On this day in history nY Athletic Club forms   

Sep 09   In the year 1868 mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain)   

Sep 10   Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 15   On this day in history dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter   

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

Sep 22   Race riots in New Orleans La on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1868 grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)   

Sep 25   On this day in history 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   Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies in the year 1868.   

Sep 28   Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France on this day in history.   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1868 thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40   

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

Oct 01   In the year 1868 1st edition of Maasbode published   

Oct 01   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1868 max Slevogt, German painter   

Oct 10   1st written account of a Canadian football game on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

Oct 10   In the year 1868 declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba   

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Jan 01   Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937) was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 03   In the year 1868 birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian   

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   In the year 1868 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   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   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1868 carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81