1868 Calendar
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1868 Historical Event(s)
March 23, 1868
– The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
April 10, 1868
– At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
May 14, 1868
– Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
May 29, 1868
– The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
May 30, 1868
– Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day”) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan’s proclamation on May 5).
June 1, 1868
– Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
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.
August 18, 1868
– French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.
September 23, 1868
– Grito de Lares (“Lares Revolt”) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
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.
Who Were Born On 1868?
March 25, 1868
– William Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)
April 22, 1868
– Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
May 18, 1868
– Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
August 7, 1868
– Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
September 6, 1868
– Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1947)
September 9, 1868
– Mary Hunter Austin, American writer (d. 1934)
September 14, 1868
– Théodore Botrel, was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright(d. 1925)
September 17, 1868
– James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)
November 25, 1868
– Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1937)
December 24, 1868
– Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (d. 1941)