Historical Events In 1868

Dec 02   1st British government of Disraeli resigns in the year 1868.  

Dec 02   In the year 1868 francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)  

Dec 03   In the year 1868 trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury  

Dec 03   On this day in history trial of Jefferson Davis starts; first blacks on US trial jury  

Dec 04   On this day in history richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter  

Dec 05   1st American bicycle college opens (NY) in the year 1868.  

Dec 07   Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1 in the year 1868.  

Dec 09   1st British govt of Gladstone forms in the year 1868.  

Dec 09   Fritz Haber, German phycist-chemist (Nobel 1919) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   On this day in history louis Victor Saar, composer  

Dec 10   On this day in history the first traffic lights are installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.  

Dec 11   In the year 1868 ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer  

Dec 14   Richard Batka, composer in the year 1868.  

Dec 15   Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō in the year 1868.  

Dec 20   In the year 1868 harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road  

Dec 22   In the year 1868 john Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41)  

Dec 24   In the year 1868 emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)  

Dec 25   On this day in history despite bitter opposition, Pres A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)  

Dec 25   Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion (the Civil War) on this day in history.  

Dec 25   In the year 1868 eugenie Besserer, Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer)  

Dec 25   Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies in the year 1868.  

Dec 28   Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers) in the year 1868.  

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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   In the year 1868 birth of vittorio Monti, composer  

Jan 07   Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist was born in the year 1868.  

Jan 08   In the year 1868 birth of frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity  

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 in the year 1868.  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)  

Jan 03   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1868.  

Jan 07   In the year 1868 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51  

Jan 14   In the year 1868 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 in the year 1868.  

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