Discover what happened on 5 February 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
- Henri Hinrichsen (German music publisher, died in Auschwitz in 1942)
- Lodewijk Mortelmans (Belgian composer (1868-1952))
- Maxine Elliott (American actress and businesswoman (1868-1940))
- Hugh Ford (Film director, screenwriter (1868–1952))
- Andrew Clarke (British politician (1868-1940))
- Dudley Charles Cary-Elwes (British Roman Catholic bishop (1868-1932))
- Edmond Heelan (Catholic bishop)
- Otto Kotilainen (Finnish composer (1868–1936))
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- Agueda Esteban (Filipino Katipunan mamber (1868-1944))
- Émile Schaaff (Luxembourgish politician)
- Lucyan Bójnowski
- John Robinson (English cricketer for Nottinghamshire, born 1868)
- Victor Hageman (Belgian painter)
- Griffith Davies (poet, tutor of poets and antiquary (1868 -1962))
- Carlo Philips ((1868-1936))
- Inger Munch (teacher and photographer, sister of Edvard Munch (1868-1952))
- Einar Prip
- Clément Déom
- Levy Marques da Costa (Portuguese lawyer)
- Maurice Lewandowski (French economist (1868-1940))
- Fitzgerald Gage Lambert ((born 1868))
- Sir Charles Rugge-Price, 7th Bt. ((1868-1953))
- Mary Georgina Pinhey ((born 1868))
- Cecil James Reid Livingstone-Learmonth ((1868-1939))
- Marcell Kovács (Hungarian jurist, legal author (1868-1936))
- Isidor Arndt (holocaust victim, b. 1868-02-05)
- Hermann Blumenthal (holocaust victim, b. 1868-02-05)
- Abraham Fröhlich (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Emilie Heymann (holocaust victim, b. 1868-02-05)
- Frieda Hefter (Holocaust victim (born 1868))
- Jakob Schächter (holocaust victim, b. 1868-02-05)
- Max Hamburger
Deaths
- Jacques Camou (French general of Napoleon III (1792-1868))
- Sasaki Tadasaburō
- Asano Naritaka ((1817-1868))
- Jacques Druet-Desvaux (French politician)
- William Lauder (Irish dean)
- Michael Christian Sommer (German merchant and insect collector and dealer (1785-1868))
- Emile Delapalme
- Jean-Nicolas Jager (French priest, Church historian and theologian (1790-1868))
- Leon Razumovsky
- Jacques Camou (French general of Napoleon III (1792-1868))
- Sasaki Tadasaburō
- Asano Naritaka ((1817-1868))
- Jacques Druet-Desvaux (French politician)
- William Lauder (Irish dean)
- Michael Christian Sommer (German merchant and insect collector and dealer (1785-1868))
- Emile Delapalme
- Jean-Nicolas Jager (French priest, Church historian and theologian (1790-1868))
- Leon Razumovsky