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From top left, clockwise: A series of devastating earthquakes strike Ecuador (left) and southern Peru (centre), killing a culminative estimate of 95,000 people; the first identified skeletons of Cro-Magnons, the earliest modern humans to occupy Europe, are discovered in Dordogne in France; the Meiji Restoration occurs in Japan after the Tokugawa shogunate is defeated in the Boshin War; Maori general Titokowaru wages an initially successful war against the British and the New Zealand colonial government in South Taranaki; the Spanish Glorious Revolution leads to the deposition and exile of Isabella II; Helium is named by English astronomer Norman Lockyer two months after contemporary Pierre Jannsen accidentally discovers it; the expensive British expedition to Abyssinia is successful in rescuing hostages of Emperor Tewodros II. 1868 Events Collage V 1.0.jpg
From top left, clockwise: A series of devastating earthquakes strike Ecuador (left) and southern Peru (centre), killing a culminative estimate of 95,000 people; the first identified skeletons of Cro-Magnons, the earliest modern humans to occupy Europe, are discovered in Dordogne in France; the Meiji Restoration occurs in Japan after the Tokugawa shogunate is defeated in the Boshin War; Māori general Tītokowaru wages an initially successful war against the British and the New Zealand colonial government in South Taranaki; the Spanish Glorious Revolution leads to the deposition and exile of Isabella II; Helium is named by English astronomer Norman Lockyer two months after contemporary Pierre Jannsen accidentally discovers it; the expensive British expedition to Abyssinia is successful in rescuing hostages of Emperor Tewodros II.
1868 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1868
MDCCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita 2621
Armenian calendar 1317
ԹՎ ՌՅԺԷ
Assyrian calendar 6618
Baháʼí calendar 24–25
Balinese saka calendar 1789–1790
Bengali calendar 1274–1275
Berber calendar 2818
British Regnal year 31  Vict. 1   32  Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar 2412
Burmese calendar 1230
Byzantine calendar 7376–7377
Chinese calendar 丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit)
4565 or 4358
     to 
戊辰年 (Earth  Dragon)
4566 or 4359
Coptic calendar 1584–1585
Discordian calendar 3034
Ethiopian calendar 1860–1861
Hebrew calendar 5628–5629
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1924–1925
 - Shaka Samvat 1789–1790
 - Kali Yuga 4968–4969
Holocene calendar 11868
Igbo calendar 868–869
Iranian calendar 1246–1247
Islamic calendar 1284–1285
Japanese calendar Keiō 4 / Meiji 1
(明治元年)
Javanese calendar 1796–1797
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar 4201
Minguo calendar 44 before ROC
民前44年
Nanakshahi calendar 400
Thai solar calendar 2410–2411
Tibetan calendar 阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1994 or 1613 or 841
     to 
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1995 or 1614 or 842

1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar  and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1868th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 868th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1868, the Gregorian calendar was 12days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Contents

Events

January 3: Emperor Meiji. Mutsuhito-Emperor-Meiji-1873.png
January 3: Emperor Meiji.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July 25: Wyoming Territory. Grand Tetons11.jpg
July 25: Wyoming Territory.

July

August

September

October

November

November 27: Battle of Washita River. The Seventh U. S. Cavalry charging in Black Kettle's village at daylight (Battle of Washita).jpg
November 27: Battle of Washita River.

December

Date unknown

Births

JanuaryMarch

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Felix Hoffmann
Countess Markiewicz Countess Markiewicz.jpg
Countess Markiewicz

AprilJune

Nicholas II of Russia Face Nicholas II.jpg
Nicholas II of Russia
John L. Hines John L. Hines.jpg
John L. Hines
Robert Falcon Scott Scott of the Antarctic crop.jpg
Robert Falcon Scott
Karl Landsteiner Karl Landsteiner nobel.jpg
Karl Landsteiner
Miklos Horthy Horthy the regent.jpg
Miklós Horthy

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

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Mary Brewster Hazelton
Arturo Alessandri Alessandri Ulk (1932).jpg
Arturo Alessandri
Fritz Haber Fritz Haber.png
Fritz Haber

Deaths

JanuaryJune

John Crawfurd John Crawfurd.jpg
John Crawfurd

JulyDecember

Gioachino Rossini Rossini c. 1850-litho-F Perrin.jpeg
Gioachino Rossini
Adah Isaacs Menken Adah Isaacs Menken, age 19, 1854-55.jpg
Adah Isaacs Menken
Mongkut King Mongkut of Siam.jpg
Mongkut

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