Page 7: Historical Events In 1868

Aug 13   In Peru and Bolivia a 8.5 earthquake killed 25,000 caused extreme damage and a tsunami on this day in history.   

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

Aug 14   In the year 1868 leone Sinigaglia, composer   

Aug 16   On this day in history bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)   

Aug 18   Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse on this day in history.   

Aug 25   In the year 1868 costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60   

Aug 25   In the year 1868 nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter   

Aug 27   Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   In the year 1868 nY Athletic Club formed   

Sep 08   NY Athletic Club forms in the year 1868.   

Sep 09   In the year 1868 mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain)   

Sep 10   Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole) in the year 1868.   

Sep 15   In the year 1868 dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter   

Sep 17   In the year 1868 roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies   

Sep 22   In the year 1868 race riots in New Orleans La   

Sep 23   On this day in history grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)   

Sep 25   In the year 1868 the Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski shipwrecks off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.   

Sep 26   Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies   

Sep 28   On this day in history battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France   

Sep 28   Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed) in the year 1868.   

Sep 28   In the year 1868 thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40   

Sep 30   In the year 1868 spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France   

Oct 01   1st edition of Maasbode published in the year 1868.   

Oct 01   In the year 1868 rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63   

Oct 04   Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, president of Argentina (1922-28) on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Oct 07   In the year 1868 cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens   

Oct 07   In the year 1868 fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895)   

Oct 08   In the year 1868 max Slevogt, German painter   

Oct 10   1st written account of a Canadian football game on this day in history.   

Oct 10   On this day in history cuba revolts for independence against Spain   

Oct 10   Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba 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   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   In the year 1868 birth of abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist   

Jan 08   Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity was born in the year 1868.   

Jan 09   S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1868 birth of catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)   

Jan 03   Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1868.   

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   In the year 1868 moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61   

Jan 28   Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 29   On this day in history [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81   

Mar 02   On this day in history carl Eberwein, composer, dies at 81