WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1868
Find out what all happened April to September 1868

A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand. (13. August 1868)

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

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

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

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

Spanish revolution: La Gloriosa. (19. 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)

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

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

The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico. (1. June 1868)

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

The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade. (29. May 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. (9. July 1868)

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

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

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

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)