Historical Events In 1868

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

Mar 22   Hamish MacCunn, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 1868 u of Calif founded (Oakland Calif)   

Mar 23   University of California founded (Oakland CA) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1868 metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms   

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

Mar 26   Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36) on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history patty Smith Hill, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You)   

Mar 27   The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York in the year 1868.   

Mar 28   In the year 1868 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter   

Mar 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1868.   

Mar 29   Ka'u District, Hawaii a 7.0 earthquake, the foreshock of the 7.9 earthquake on April 03, 1868 on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1868 chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China   

Mar 31   In the year 1868 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 in the year 1868.   

Apr 01   In the year 1868 the birth of Edmond Rostand, French author   

Apr 01   The Canadian Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank in the year 1868.   

Apr 02   Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret) in the year 1868.   

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 in the year 1868.   

Apr 05   In the year 1868 j F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892)   

Apr 06   In the year 1868 brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife   

Apr 06   In the year 1868 brigham Young marries his 27th &final wife   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 10   Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1868 george Arliss, London England, actor (Devil, Green Goddess)   

Apr 11   The Shogunate is abolished in Japan on this day in history.   

Apr 13   Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala in the year 1868.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of franz V M Cumont, Belgian religious historian   

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   Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity was born in the year 1868.   

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   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1868 heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66   

Jan 22   In the year 1868 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1868.   

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