WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1868
Find out what all happened January to October 1868

Wyoming becomes a United States territory. (25. July 1868)

Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. (12. March 1868)

Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France. (28. September 1868)

Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō. (14. May 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). (30. May 1868)

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. (28. July 1868)

Spanish revolution: La Gloriosa. (19. September 1868)

Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power. (3. January 1868)

Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. (23. September 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. (10. April 1868)

Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. (11. April 1868)

French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium. (18. August 1868)

Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration. (27. January 1868)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician. (7. April 1868)

Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala. (5. March 1868)

President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate. (16. May 1868)

The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade. (29. May 1868)

The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia. (25. September 1868)

The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Maqdala. (13. April 1868)

Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer." (23. June 1868)