President Lincoln ( center right ) with, from left, Generals Sherman, Grant and Admiral Porter – 1868 painting of events aboard the River Queen ( steamboat ) | River Queen in March, 1865

* Mary Hunter Austin ( 1868 – 1934 ), American writer

* 1868 – Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese naval commander ( d. 1918 )

* 1868 – Hong Beom-do, Korean activist ( d. 1943 )

* 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet ( d. 1955 )

* 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.

* 1868 – Constantine I of Greece ( d. 1923 )

* 1917 – Scott Joplin, American musician and composer ( b. 1868 )

* 1868 – Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian mathematician ( d. 1931 )

* 1868 – Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder, author, and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications ( d. 1955 )

* 1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

* 1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria ( d. 1868 )

* 1868 – Nikolaos Levidis, Greek target shooter

During the Tokugawa period ( 1600 – 1868 ) the Ainu became increasingly involved in trade with Japanese who controlled the southern portion of the island that is now called Hokkaido.

* 1868 – The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Maqdala.

* 1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American author ( d. 1950 )

The dethroning of queen Isabel II meant a vacuum that was profited by the Bank of New York and some Cubans opposed to the projected extension of the 1837 Abolition Act to finance a Texas style " independence " revolution known as the Cuban 10 Years War ( 1868 – 78 ) lost by the Cubans.

* 1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect and designer ( d. 1940 )

* 1794 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist ( d. 1868 )

August Horch ( 12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951 ) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant which would eventually become Audi.

* Charles Aubrey Eaton ( 1868 – 1953 ), clergyman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the from 1925 – 1933, and the from 1933-1953.

* 1868 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman ( d. 1954 )

* 1868 – Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

* 1868 – Henry James O ' Farrell, Australian attempted assassin of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

At the same time he compiled a Sanskrit and Latin glossary ( 1830 ) in which, more especially in the second and third editions ( 1847 and 1868 – 71 ), he also took account of the cognate languages.

At the beginning of the Meiji Period ( 1868 – 1912 ), western music was introduced to Japan.

At the same time, Johnson also suspected Grant to be a potential rival candidate in the 1868 presidential election, and decided to replace Secretary of War Stanton with Grant or Gen. Sherman.

At first it was hypothesized that the line might be due to an unknown element, which was named nebulium — a similar idea had led to the discovery of helium through analysis of the Sun's spectrum in 1868.

At the request of Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, who wanted Custer for his planned winter campaign against the Cheyenne, Custer was allowed to return to duty in 1868, before his term of suspension had expired.

At the time it was incorporated, the township covered ( almost four times its current area of ) and included several municipalities which were formed from portions of Bloomfield during the course of the nineteenth century, including Belleville ( created on April 8, 1839 ), Montclair ( April 15, 1868 ), Woodside Township ( March 24, 1869 ) and Glen Ridge ( February 13, 1895 ).

At first it was hypothesized that the line might be due to an unknown element, which was named Nebulium — a similar idea had led to the discovery of helium through analysis of the Sun's spectrum in 1868.

At the Hungarian Jewish Congress of December 14, 1868, Hildesheimer at first endeavored to associate himself with the existing Orthodox party.

At least 13 fires have been reported on the Cuyahoga River, the first occurring in 1868.

At around 9: 30 on the night of September 27, 1868, Hindman was assassinated by one or more unknown assailants who fired through his parlor window while he was reading his newspaper with his children.

At the end of the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate ( 1603 – 1868 ) at different times required baths to segregate by sex in order to ensure public moral standards.

At the junction of Market Street and Union Street is the former Lurgan Town Hall, a listed building erected in 1868.

At the same time, on 28 January 1868, the naval Battle of Awa between the Shogunate and elements of the Satsuma Navy took place.

At least some of the moai were painted ; Hoa Hakananai ' a was decorated with maroon and white paint until 1868, when it was removed from the island.

At the general election of 1868 he was returned for the Hawick Burghs, which he continued to represent until 1886.

At the time, Caldwell was the first Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, an office created by the 1868 state constitution.

At some point in 1868, Sullivan started a simultaneous ( and secret ) affair with Louise ( 1841 – 1878 ).

At the beginning of the Edo period ( 1603 – 1868 ) the Tokugawa shogunate developed land for rice paddies in Wakasa as part of a nation-wide effort to increase rice production in Japan.

At the beginning of the Edo period ( 1603 – 1868 ) the district had 173 villages ; by the end of the period, they numbered 165.

At the beginning of Meiji ( 1868 ), it was estimated that there were at least one hundred traditional court musicians in Tokyo.

At the onset of modernization in the Meji period, in 1868, when Japan entered into the international community, Buddhism was briefly persecuted in Japan as " a corrupt, decadent, anti-social, parasitic, and superstitious creed, inimical to Japan's need for scientific and technological advancement.

At the Republican National Convention in 1868, Creswell's name was put forward for either the presidential or vice presidential nominations.

At the end of the war, Orr was elected governor in 1865 of the state of South Carolina and served until 1868 with the passage of a new state constitution.

At the 1868 election he narrowly lost his seat, winning only 90 votes less than his Conservative opponent's total of 6, 487.