1868

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s  1840s  1850s  – 1860s –  1870s  1880s  1890s
Years:	1865 1866 1867 – 1868 – 1869 1870 1871

1868 Media

• January 3: Emperor Meiji.

• July 25: Wyoming Territory.

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  November 27: Battle of Washita River.

• The Countess Markiewicz (1887–1927)

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  Nicolás II de Rusia, 1913.

• John L. Hines.jpg

  John L. Hines, 11th Chief of Staff of the Army

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  Crop of Robert Falcon Scott in full regalia: this was reproduced as a frontispiece for Scott's The Voyage of the Discovery (London 1905)

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 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• Helium is discovered.
• Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women is published.
• Meiji Restoration in Japan.

Births

• Francisco Carreón

Deaths

June 1 - James Buchanan, 77, fifteenth President of the United States, respiratory failure (b. 1791)