What Happened In March 1868 - Historical Events 1868 March

Historical Events for March, 1868

1st » The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
5th » 'Mefistofele', an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
8th » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka called Sakai near Osaka.
23rd » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.

1st » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (d. 1933)
3rd » Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)
14th » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist (d. 1933)
15th » Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)
19th » Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
22nd » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
23rd » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923)
25th » Bill Lockwood (cricketer) named Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
26th » Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
27th » Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)
28th » Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)