Significant 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 commits suicide
- May 30 "Decoration Day", later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US states
- Jun 23 Christopher Latham Sholes patents the typewriter with a QWERTY keyboard
- Jul 9 Tennessee and South Carolina are 1st to ratify the 14th Amendment to the US 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)
Did You Know?
French Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
On August 18, 1868
World Leaders in 1868
Andrew Johnson
17th US President
Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1868
Charles Dickens
Novelist
Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Gertrude Bell
Harvey Firestone
Hugo Eckener
Nicholas II
Robert Scott
W.E.B. Du BoisWould You Believe?
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.
On December 9, 1868
Famous Weddings
- Apr 6 Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
- Aug 13 Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (26) weds Zoé Lafontaine (27) in Montreal, Canada
James Brooke
James Buchanan
Kit Carson
Laura Secord