Page 9: 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   Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; first blacks on US trial jury on this day in history.   

Dec 04   In the year 1868 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1868 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   Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1868 richard Batka, composer   

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

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

Dec 22   John Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history eugenie Besserer, Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer)   

Dec 25   In the year 1868 linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies   

Dec 28   In the year 1868 marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1868 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   On this day in history birth of vittorio Monti, composer   

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

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   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 28   In the year 1868 death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62   

Feb 11   In the year 1868 leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies   

Feb 29   In the year 1868 [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81   

Mar 02   Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1868.