1868 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1868?
- January 3, 1868 – Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
- January 27, 1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
- March 5, 1868 – Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
- March 8, 1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai near Osaka.
- April 11, 1868 – Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
- April 13, 1868 – The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.
- May 14, 1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
- May 16, 1868 – President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
- May 26, 1868 – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
- May 29, 1868 – The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
- July 28, 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is certified, establishing African-American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
- August 13, 1868 – A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
- September 23, 1868 – Grito de Lares (“Lares Revolt”) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
- September 25, 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
- October 7, 1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
- November 2, 1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
- November 27, 1868 – Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
- November 30, 1868 – The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King’s garden in Stockholm.
- December 10, 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
- December 25, 1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
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