Important Historical Events of the year 1868, Year 1868 in History

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List of 1868 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1868

What happened in the year 1868?

Date	Event
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 begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
February 2, 1868	Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
February 24, 1868	Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
March 5, 1868	Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
March 8, 1868	Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
March 23, 1868	The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
April 7, 1868	Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
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 British/Indian troops die.
April 11, 1868	Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
May 14, 1868	Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
May 16, 1868	The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
May 26, 1868	The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
May 29, 1868	Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
May 30, 1868	Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
June 1, 1868	The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
June 10, 1868	Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
June 23, 1868	Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
July 9, 1868	The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
July 25, 1868	The Wyoming Territory is established.
July 28, 1868	The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
August 13, 1868	The 8.5–9.0 Mw  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
August 18, 1868	French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
September 19, 1868	La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
September 23, 1868	The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
September 25, 1868	The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
September 28, 1868	The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
October 7, 1868	Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
October 10, 1868	The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
October 25, 1868	The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
November 2, 1868	Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
November 3, 1868	John Willis Menard (R-LA) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
November 4, 1868	Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
November 27, 1868	American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
December 9, 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 11, 1868	Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
December 24, 1868	The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
December 25, 1868	Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.