Discover what happened on 16 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
- Armin Otto Leuschner (American astronomer (1868–1953))
- Carlo Braida (Italian bicycle racer (1868-1929))
- Josef Sinn (German politician (1868-1929))
- Louis de Vogüé (French politician (1868-1948))
- H. Irving Hancock (American journalist (1868–1922))
- Harry Scott Thornicroft (British judge (1868–1944))
- Jean-Baptiste Estoup (French stenographer (1868–1950))
- Cyril Metoděj Hrazdira (Czech composer (1868-1926))
- Herbert Hastings Harington (British army officer and naturalist)
- Octavia Ritchie (Canadian physician and suffragist)
- Hirendranath Dutta (Bengali writer)
- Teodor Tăutu (Romanian general)
- Edith Tobitt (British-American librarian)
- Josef Meyer
- Evženie Frischová (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Nathan Goldschmidt (holocaust victim, b. 1868-01-16)
- Herwarth Kornblum (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Henriette Mayer (holocaust victim, b. 1868-01-16)
- Golde Steinberg (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Wilhelm Jönsson
- Karl Franz Mainka (1868-1938; Mainka, Karl)
- Suzanne Leudet
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Deaths
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schon (German lithographer and painter (1810-1868))
- Józef Kaszyk
- Aleksandr Aleksandrovitsj Gresser
- Mihail Luk’ânovič Âkovlev (Russian writer and composer (1798-1868))
- Miyanaga Ryōzō
- C.B. Hansen
- George Tufnell ((died 1868))
- Renira Bentinck ((died 1868))
- William Foster Smithe ((died 1868))
- Henrietta Lacon ((1788-1868))
- Henry Houldsworth ((1797-1868))
- Maria Johnston ((1785-1868))
- Gerardus Wijnandus Josephus Wiggers van Kerchem