Page 5: Historical Events In 1868

May 28   Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue) on this day in history.   

May 29   The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade in the year 1868.   

May 30   On this day in history memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves   

May 30   On this day in history memorial Day first observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves   

May 31   1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio in the year 1868.   

May 31   In the year 1868 first Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH   

Jun 01   James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77 in the year 1868.   

Jun 01   James Buchanan, the 15th president of the U.S., dies near Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the year 1868.   

Jun 01   In the year 1868 texas constitutional convention meets in Austin   

Jun 03   On this day in history lvar Henning Mankell, composer   

Jun 04   On this day in history van Bosse/Fock govt begins   

Jun 05   On this day in history anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73   

Jun 06   On this day in history robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition   

Jun 06   On this day in history the birth of Robert F. Scott, English antartic explorer   

Jun 09   On this day in history 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California   

Jun 09   In the year 1868 first meeting of the Board of Regents, University of California   

Jun 09   In the year 1868 james Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies   

Jun 10   In the year 1868 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02   

Jun 10   Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered in the year 1868.   

Jun 13   Oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana in the year 1868.   

Jun 14   On this day in history karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930)   

Jun 18   In the year 1868 miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)   

Jun 19   Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie) in the year 1868.   

Jun 19   On this day in history maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC   

Jun 20   Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

Jun 21   On this day in history wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich   

Jun 22   Arkansas re-enters US on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1868 christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"   

Jun 25   FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US in the year 1868.   

Jun 29   In the year 1868 the birth of George Hale, American astronomer   

Jun 30   On this day in history c V France, Bradford Engld, actor (Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail)   

Jul 04   In the year 1868 battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated   

Jul 05   In the year 1868 william H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)   

Jul 06   On this day in history petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Curacao)   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1868 william Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51   

Jan 14   Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61   

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died in the year 1868.   

Feb 11   Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies in the year 1868.   

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

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