Page 6: Historical Events In 1868

Jul 06   Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1868.   

Jul 07   Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey v Sussex in the year 1868.   

Jul 09   On this day in history 1st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)   

Jul 09   On this day in history the first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)   

Jul 10   On this day in history carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71   

Jul 11   J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)   

Jul 13   On this day in history oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana   

Jul 14   Alvin J Fellows patents tape measure on this day in history.   

Jul 14   In the year 1868 gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)   

Jul 14   Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct on this day in history.   

Jul 15   William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies in the year 1868.   

Jul 16   In the year 1868 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87   

Jul 20   In the year 1868 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes   

Jul 20   Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes on this day in history.   

Jul 22   On this day in history zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51   

Jul 24   On this day in history george Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies   

Jul 25   In the year 1868 territory of Wyoming created   

Jul 25   US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho) in the year 1868.   

Jul 28   In the year 1868 14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves   

Jul 28   On this day in history 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves   

Jul 28   George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor in the year 1868.   

Jul 28   In the year 1868 the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.   

Jul 30   On this day in history alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist   

Aug 02   Constantine I, king of Greece on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history oskar Merikanto, composer   

Aug 06   On this day in history paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)   

Aug 07   Granville Bantock, English composer/conductor (Hebridean Symphony) on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Quake destroyes Arica Chile in the year 1868.   

Aug 08   In the year 1868 quake destroys Arica Chile   

Aug 11   In the year 1868 halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52   

Aug 12   Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on this day in history.   

Aug 13   On this day in history earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)   

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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   In the year 1868 birth of vittorio Monti, composer   

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

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 in the year 1868.   

Jan 14   Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief) was born in the year 1868.   

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

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

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