Page 7: Historical Events In 1868

Aug 13   Quakes kill 25000 and leads to $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador).   

Aug 14   Leone Sinigaglia, composer   

Aug 16   Bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)   

Aug 18   Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse   

Aug 25   Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60   

Aug 25   Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter   

Aug 27   Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82.   

Sep 08   NY Athletic Club formed.   

Sep 08   NY Athletic Club forms.   

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

Sep 10   Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79.   

Sep 14   Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole).   

Sep 15   Dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter   

Sep 17   Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

Sep 22   Race riots in New Orleans La   

Sep 23   Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)   

Sep 25   The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski shipwrecks off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia   

Sep 26   Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer.   

Sep 27   Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies.   

Sep 28   Battle of Alcolea, leads to Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France   

Sep 28   Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed).   

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

Sep 30   Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France   

Oct 01   1st edition of Maasbode published.   

Oct 01   Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63.   

Oct 04   Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, president of Argentina (1922-28)   

Oct 06   Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51   

Oct 07   Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens.   

Oct 07   Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895).   

Oct 08   Max Slevogt, German painter   

Oct 10   1st written account of a Canadian football game.   

Oct 10   Cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

Oct 10   Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba.   

Oct 10   Guillermo M Tomas, composer.   

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Jan 01   Snitz edwards: American actor    

Jan 03   Franz v m cumont: Belgian religious historian   

Jan 06   Vittorio monti: Composer   

Jan 07   Abraham m "mark" lidzbarski: Polish/german orientalist   

Jan 08   Frank dyson: Proved einstein right about light bent by gravity   

Jan 09   S. p. l. sørensen: Danish chemist   

Jan 11   Cai yuanpei: Chinese educator   

Jan 14   Catharina a m de savornin lohman: Dutch author (belief)   

Jan 03   Moritz hauptmann: Composer,   

Jan 07   William batchelder bradbury: Composer,   

Jan 14   Heinrich schenker: Austrian musicologist (ursatz),    

Jan 22   Moritz ganz: Composer,   

Jan 28   Adalbert stifter: Austrian author (witiko), commits suicide at 62   

Feb 11   Leon foucault: Discovers 1st physical proof of earth's rotation,   

Feb 29   [charles] louis i [augustus]: King of bavaria (l montez),   

Mar 02   Carl eberwein: Composer,