Major Events
- Feb 24 US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson
- Apr 11 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
- Apr 13 Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide
- May 16 US Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson by one vote
- May 30 "Decoration Day", later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US states
- Jun 23 Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful of its kind
- Jul 9 Louisiana and South Carolina are the last states to ratify the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing civil rights
- Dec 25 Despite bitter opposition, US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)
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1868 in Sport
- May 31 Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris
Did You Know?
Louis Ducos du Hauron patents a process of making color photographs, in Paris, France
W.E.B. Du Bois
Nicholas II
Robert Falcon Scott
Gertrude Bell
Constantine I
Harvey S. Firestone
George Arliss
Marie DresslerMore People Born in 1868
Fun Fact About 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.
Kit Carson
James Buchanan
James Brooke
Laura Secord
Linus Yale Jr.
Mongkut
Gioachino RossiniMore 1868 Deaths
Articles About 1868
Ethiopian Emperor Commits Suicide
British soldiers discover the body of Emperor Tewodros II after he committed suicide following the Battle of MagdalaApril 13
How the Qwerty Keyboard was Born
A typewriter patent was granted on this day to the man who would go on to produce and inflict on us all the ubiquitous Qwerty keyboard.June 23
Famous Weddings in 1868
- Apr 7 American religious leader Brigham Young weds his 53rd wife, American actress and future polygamy critic Anna Webb (24), in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Aug 13 Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (26) weds Zoé Lafontaine (27) in Montreal, Canada
Charles Dickens
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Disraeli