Page 3: Historical Events In 1868

Mar 21   In the year 1868 1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC   

Mar 22   On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer   

Mar 23   On this day in history u of Calif founded (Oakland Calif)   

Mar 23   University of California founded (Oakland CA) in the year 1868.   

Mar 24   Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms in the year 1868.   

Mar 25   Bill Lockwood, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902) on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36)   

Mar 27   Patty Smith Hill, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You) in the year 1868.   

Mar 27   The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter in the year 1868.   

Mar 28   In the year 1868 death of the Earl of Cardigan, British general who led the ill-conceived Charge of the Light Brigade against the Russians during the Crimean War.   

Mar 28   James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   In the year 1868 ka'u District, Hawaii a 7.0 earthquake, the foreshock of the 7.9 earthquake on April 03, 1868.   

Mar 31   On this day in history chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China   

Mar 31   On this day in history karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist   

Apr 01   On this day in history edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)   

Apr 01   Hampton Institute opens on this day in history.   

Apr 01   The birth of Edmond Rostand, French author in the year 1868.   

Apr 01   On this day in history the Canadian Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank.   

Apr 02   Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) on this day in history.   

Apr 03   An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892) in the year 1868.   

Apr 06   Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Brigham Young marries his 27th &final wife in the year 1868.   

Apr 07   In the year 1868 thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician.   

Apr 08   Hampton Institute opens in the year 1868.   

Apr 10   On this day in history 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"   

Apr 10   Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala in the year 1868.   

Apr 10   On this day in history george Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess)   

Apr 11   The Shogunate is abolished in Japan in the year 1868.   

Apr 13   Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala on this day in history.   

Apr 13   John Blackwood McEwen, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 13   Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 06   Vittorio Monti, composer was born in the year 1868.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity   

Jan 09   S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born in the year 1868.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 in the year 1868.   

Jan 22   Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1868.   

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   [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.