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.

* 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

Edvard had an elder sister, Johanne Sophie ( born 1862 ), and three younger siblings: Peter Andreas ( born 1865 ), Laura Catherine ( born 1867 ), and Inger Marie ( born 1868 ).

* September 19 – Henry Peter Brougham, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ( d. 1868 )

Notable MPs for the area have included the industrialist Crawshay Bailey from 1852 to 1868 ; Peter Thorneycroft, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1957 – 58 and Chairman of the Conservative Party 1975 – 81, who was the town's MP from 1945 to 1966 ; and John Stradling Thomas, MP from 1970 to 1991.

Examples for the romantic heroization of Charles XII in several genres are Esaias Tegnér's song Kung Karl, den unge hjälte ( 1818 ), Johan Peter Molin's statue in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården ( unveiled on 30 November 1868, the 150th anniversary of Charles ' death ) and Gustaf Cederström's painting Karl XII: s likfärd (" Funeral procession of Charles XII ", 1878 ).

The first Superintendent of St. Peter Public Schools was Andrew Ryan McGill who served from 1865 to 1868, he served as Minnesota's Tenth Governor from 1887 to 1889.

* Peter F. Dailey ( 1868 – 1908 )

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ( 1778 – 1868 ) ( pronounced Broom and Vokes ) was a British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

On December 7, 1868, Peter Kakua pleaded guilty to murder.

* Peter Marius Hansen, ( 1868 – 1928 ), Danish painter

* 1868 – Peter Behrens is born.

In 1868, the supposed partner of Walt Whitman, Peter Doyle, allegedly wrote a version of little Miss Muffet that some experts believe could be a metaphorical representation of their relationship.

Peter Behrens ( April 14, 1868 – February 27, 1940 ) was a German architect and designer.

* The Peacemakers a famous 1868 painting by George Peter Alexander Healy

The Shannon Rowing Club was founded by Sir Peter Tait in 1868 and has a very elegant clubhouse on the northern side.

Prince Peter Dmitrievich Gorchakov ( 1790 – 1868 ) served under Mikhail Kamensky and Mikhail Kutuzov in the campaign against Turkey, and afterwards against France in 1813 – 1814.

* Peter Force ( 1790 – 1868 ), American politician, American lieutenant in the American Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812, newspaper editor, archivist, and historian who served as the 12th mayor of Washington, D. C., and whose library of historical documents became the Library of Congress's first major Americana collection

He is one of only four golfers who have won three consecutive Opens, alongside Young Tom Morris ( 1868 – 1870 ), Bob Ferguson ( 1880 – 82 ) and Peter Thomson ( 1954 – 56 ).

At the end of the 20th century, the second St. Peter Church was demolished along with St. Peter & Kimberly Ave. Schools, and Second St. was returned to its original 1868 configuration.

Of particular note in the grounds are the lake, the spectacular iron-framed fernery, the swimming pool and associated ballroom ( 1939, now leased to Peter Rowland Catering for social functions ) and the stable complex ( 1868 ).

He was associated with Peter Bonnett Wight from 1863 to 1868 and then practiced alone until 1880.

Religion, always an important factor in the lives of the residents, saw these still active churches established: Rootstown Congregational Church in 1809 ; Methodist Church in 1815 ; St. Peter of the Fields Catholic Church in 1868 ; Grace Church of Rootstown ( formerly New Milford Baptist ) in 1948, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Rootstown Ward in 1961.

St Cecilia, an oratorio, was performed at the Norwich Festival in 1868 ; St Peter at the Birmingham Festival of 1870 ; Graziella, a cantata, was given at the Birmingham Festival of 1882, and in August 1883 was produced in operatic form at the Crystal Palace.

Peter Force ( November 26, 1790 – January 23, 1868 ) was a 19th-century politician, newspaper editor, archivist, and historian.