Discover what happened on 15 January 1868 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Julius Rosenfeld (holocaust victim, b. 1868-01-15)
- Klementina Schallingerová (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Rudolf Schaper
- Wheeler Abbott (Artist)
- Linnie Sarah Harris (American writer)
- Magnus Bergvall (Swedish teacher, publisher and businessman)
- Magnus Blidberg (mayor)
- Johanna Müller-Hermann (Austrian composer (1868-1941))
- Edmond Labbé (French teacher)
- T. M. Nair (Indian politician (1868-1919))
- Luigi Fontana Russo (Italian economist and academic (1868-1953))
- Hjalmar Dahlström (Swedish veterinarian)
- Jock Menefee (American baseball player)
- Ricardo Royo Villanova (Spanish politician (1868-1943))
- Evtim Sprostranov
- Benny Dessau (Danish businessperson)
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- John Strong (British educator)
- Imre Gergely (Hungarian painter)
- Albert Henry (French official)
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- Austin Maurice Curtis (American physician and surgeon)
- Paul Allier (French politician)
- Antoine Achard
- Giovanni Pellegrino Luigi Mondaini (Roman Catholic archbishop)
- Lord Henry Scott (Scottish cricketer and British Army officer (1868-1945))
- Florence Pepys ((1868-1958))
- Antonio Blanco Lorenzo
- Wilhelm Georg Bendel (botanist (1868-1944))
- Hermína Beerová (holocaust victim, b. 1868-01-15)
- Max Karstedt (German chess composer)
- Simche Celnik (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Mendel Kamil (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
Deaths
- William W. Ellsworth (American politician and jurist (1791-1868))
- Lambertus Carsten (politician (1820–1868))
- Johan Peter Lundström (Swedish editor (1783-1868))
- Ramgopal Ghosh (Social Reformer, Businessman (1815–1868))
- Piotr Paweł Szymański
- Otmar Reiser (politician, mayor of Maribor (1792-1868))
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- Léon Lagrange
- Lucie Ingemann (Danish painter)
- Matías Laviña Blasco (Spanish architect (1796-1868))
- William George Thiselton Dyer (British physician, attendant on Sophia Coutts, Lady Burdett, 1812-1868)
- Valentin Wehefritz (German actor, dialect writer and painter (1790-1868))
- Grace Gore ((died 1868))
- Charles James Buller Elphinstone ((1860-1868))
- Jacques-Maximilien Garcin
- Anders Nilsson
- Edmé Rousseau