What happened in 1868?

Ten Years' War

Wars & Conflicts

Armed conflict in Cuba between 1868 and 1878

Battle of Toba-Fushimi

Wars & Conflicts · Fushimi-ku

1868 battle

Battle of Ueno

Wars & Conflicts · Ueno

1868 battle of the Boshin War

Battle of Awa

Wars & Conflicts · Awa Province

1861 battle of the Boshin War

Battle of Aizu

Wars & Conflicts · Aizu

1868 battle of the Boshin War

Battle of Hakodate

Wars & Conflicts · Hokkaidō

Last stage of the Boshin War, occurring around Hakodate in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō

Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma

Wars & Conflicts · Katsunuma

1868 battle

Battle of Utsunomiya Castle

Wars & Conflicts · Utsunomiya Castle

1868 battle

Battle of Washita River

Wars & Conflicts · Washita River

1868 battle between the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne

Battle of Hokuetsu

Wars & Conflicts · Nagaoka

1868 battle

Battle of Lomas Valentinas

Wars & Conflicts · Lomas Valentinas Forts

1868 battle of the Paraguayan War

Battle of Magdala

Wars & Conflicts · Amba Mariam

1868 battle

Battle of Alcolea

Wars & Conflicts · Alcolea

Battle in Spain 1868

Battle of Bonari Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Bonari Pass

1868 battle of the Boshin War

Battle of Noheji

Wars & Conflicts · Noheji

Minor battle of the Boshin War, part of the larger Aizu campaign

Battle of Beecher Island

Wars & Conflicts · Beecher Island

1868 armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains Native American tribes

Battle of Acayuazá

Wars & Conflicts · Chaco

1868 battle of the Paraguayan War

Battle of Hatchōoki

Wars & Conflicts

1868 ambush in the Boshin War in Japan

Siege of Samarkand

Wars & Conflicts · Samarkand

1868 siege

Pikysyry maneuver

Wars & Conflicts · Formosa Province

1868 Brazilian defense tactic

Battle of El Pepino

Wars & Conflicts · San Sebastián

1868 battle

Tītokowaru's War

Wars & Conflicts · Taranaki Region

Military conflict

Siege of Ngatapa

Wars & Conflicts · Ngātapa

1868 engagement during Te Kooti's War

Battle of Ichikawa-Funabashi

Wars & Conflicts · Ichikawa

1868 battle

Battle of Ytororó

Wars & Conflicts · Ytororó stream

1868 battle on the Paraguay War

Passage of Humaitá

Wars & Conflicts · Humaitá

1868 naval battle

Assault on the battleships Cabral and Lima Barros

Wars & Conflicts · Paraguay River

1868 naval action in the Paraguayan War

Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Wyoming

Pikysyry Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Central Department

1868 fourth phase of the War of the Triple Alliance

Laguna Retreat

Wars & Conflicts · Bela Vista

1868 withdrawal

Burlingame Treaty

Politics & Government · Burlingame

1868 landmark treaty between the United States and China's Qing government

Mannheimer Akte

Politics & Government · Strasbourg

Treaty

Treaty of Bosque Redondo

Politics & Government · Bosque Redondo

1868 agreement between the Navajo and the US Federal Government

Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868

Politics & Government · Fort Bridger

1868 treaty between the United States and Shoshone

Treaty of La Goulette

Politics & Government · La Goulette

1868 treaty between the Beylik of Tunis and the Kingdom of Italy

Bukhari-Russian treaty (1868)

Politics & Government · Samarkand

Treaty between Emirate of Bukhara and Russian Empire

Mihailo Obrenović III died

People · Topčider

Prince of Serbia (1823-1868)

Léon Foucault died

People · Paris

French physicist (1819–1868)

Kit Carson died

People · Fort Lyon

American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius died

People · Munich

German botanist (1794-1868)

Eduard Friedrich Poeppig died

People · Wahren

German naturalist (1798-1868)

Charles Longley died

People · Greater London

Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868)

Mzilikazi died

People · Mkuze

Ndebele king

Mswati II died

People · Hhohho Region

King of Swaziland (1825–1868)

David Brewster died

People · Melrose

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)

August Ferdinand Möbius died

People · Leipzig

German mathematician and astronomer (1790–1868)

Christian Friedrich Ecklon died

People · Cape Town

Danish botanist (1795–1868)

Joseph Gregorio II died

People · Aukena

Monarch of the Polynesian island of Mangareva and the other Gambier Islands

Julius Plücker died

People · Bonn

German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)

Carlo Matteucci died

People · Livorno

Italian politician and physicist (1811–1868)

Christian Friedrich Schönbein died

People · Baden-Baden

German-Swiss chemist, discoverer of guncotton and ozone (1799-1868)

James David Forbes died

People · Clifton

Scottish physicist and glaciologist (1809–1868)

Ernest Doudart de Lagrée died

People · Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

French explorer (1823–1868)

Ivan Visin died

People · Prčanj

Serbian explorer (1806-1868)

Egor Kovalevsky died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian diplomat (1809–1868)

Joseph Christmas Ives died

People · New York City

American explorer and botanist (1828-1868)

Stanislas d'Escayrac de Lauture died

People · Fontainebleau

French explorer (1826–1868)

Juan Isidro Pérez died

People · Santo Domingo

Dominican activist (1817-1868)

Nathaniel W. Depee died

People · Philadelphia

African American activist, abolitionist, member of the Underground Railroad and co-founded the Colored American National Society (1812–1868)

Claude Pouillet died

People · Paris

French physicist (1791–1868)

William Rutter Dawes died

People · Haddenham

British astronomer (1799–1868)

Linus Yale died

People · New York City

American mechanical engineer (1821–1868)

John Davy died

People · Ambleside

British physician and chemist (1790–1868)

Simon Plössl died

People · Vienna

Austrian optician (1794–1868)

Aleksander Zawadzki died

People · Brno

Naturalist (1798-1868)

Charles Grafton Page died

People · Washington, D.C.

American scientist (1812–1868)

John Herapath died

People · Bristol

British astronomer (1790-1868)

Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafchamps died

People · Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Belgian inventor (1783-1868)

Alexander Mitchell died

People · Belfast

Irish inventor and engineer (1780-1868)

Edwin Augustus Stevens died

People · Paris

American engineer and inventor (1795-1868)

Jean-François Persoz died

People · Paris

French chemist (1805–1868)

William Bland died

People · Sydney

Transported convict, medical practitioner and surgeon, politician, farmer and inventor in colonial New South Wales, Australia (1789–1868)

William Everhart died

People · West Chester

American politician (1785-1868)

William Smyth died

People · Pittston

American writer on mathematics

Paul-Adrien Bourdaloue died

People · Bourges

French civil engineer

Mikhail Lyapunov died

People · Bolobonovo

Russian astronomer (1820–1868)

Robert Porrett died

People · London

British chemist

Georges Oberhäuser died

People · Paris

German physicist (1798-1868)

Károly Nagy died

People · Paris

Hungarian astronomer (1797-1868)

Friedrich Schnirch died

People · Vienna

German engineer

Richard Smith died

People · Tipton

English-born mining engineer, industrialist and politician

Samuel Luther Dana died

People · Lowell

American chemist (1795-1868)

Theodor Schönemann died

People · Brandenburg an der Havel

German mathematician (1812–1868)

Charles Cooke Hunt died

People · Geraldton

Explorer in Western Australia

Antoine Guichenot died

People · Paris

French explorer and horticulturist

James D. Hutton died

People · Mexico

American surveyor, cartographer and photographer

Louis Vasquez died

People · St. Louis

Spanish mountain man (1798-1868)

John Bell died

People · Isle of Mull

19th century explorer and Hudson's Bay Company governor

William Cormack died

People · New Westminster

Scottish-Canadian explorer

Moritz Hauptmann died

People · Leipzig

German music theorist, teacher and composer (1792–1868)

Jeanne Duval died

People · Saint-Denis

French actress (1818–1868)

Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer died

People · Berlin

German actress and writer (1800–1868)

Adah Isaacs Menken died

People · Paris

American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)

Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri died

People · Saint-Chéron

French stage designer (1782–1868)

Sophie Schröder died

People · Munich

German actress

Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão died

People · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian writer and poet (1779-1868)

Julián Romea died

People · Loeches

Spanish actor (1813-1868)

Marc Michel died

People · Paris

French playwright, poet and journalist (1812–1868)

Charles Kean died

People · Liverpool

English actor and theatre manager (1811–1868)

Carl Eberwein died

People · Weimar

German musician

Julia Dean died

People · New York City

American actress (1830-1868)

Mary Gannon died

People · New York City

American actress (1829-1868)

Lyubov Nikulina-Kositskaya died

People · Moscow

Russian actress (1827-1868)

Jacques-Jules Bouffil died

People · Toulouse

French musician

Karel Strakatý died

People · Prague

Czech opera singer

Dafydd Jones died

People · Llanybydder

Welsh balladeer (1803–1868)

George Christy died

People · New York

American actor (1827-1868)

Peter Gill died

People · Mòrar

Recipient of the Victoria Cross

George Loder died

People · Adelaide

Loder, George (1816–1868), conductor and composer

Maxim Gorky born

People · Nizhny Novgorod

Born in Nizhny Novgorod. Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936).

Emanuel Lasker born

People · Barlinek

Born in Barlinek. Former World Chess champion (1868–1941).

Paul Claudel born

People · Villeneuve-sur-Fère

Born in Villeneuve-sur-Fère. French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955).

W. E. B. Du Bois born

People · Great Barrington

Born in Great Barrington. American sociologist and activist (1868–1963).

Miklós Horthy born

People · Kenderes

Born in Kenderes. Regent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944 (1868-1957).

Edmond Rostand born

People · Marseille

Born in Marseille. French poet and dramatist (1868–1918).

John Nance Garner born

People · Red River County

Born in Red River County. Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941.

Abdülmecid II born

People · Beşiktaş

Born in Beşiktaş. Last caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (1868–1944).

James Connolly born

People · Edinburgh

Born in Edinburgh. Irish republican, trade unionist and socialist revolutionary.

Gertrude Bell born

People · Washington

Born in Washington. British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926).

Stefan George born

People · Büdesheim

Born in Büdesheim. German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933).

Pompeu Fabra born

People · La Salut

Born in La Salut. Catalan linguist (1868–1948).

Marie Dressler born

People · Cobourg

Born in Cobourg. Canadian-American actress (1868-1934).

Gustav Meyrink born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian writer and translator (1868-1932).

Gaston Leroux born

People · rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin

Born in rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin. French author and journalist (1868–1927).

Charles Maurras born

People · Martigues

Born in Martigues. French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952).

Louis Couturat born

People · 9th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 9th arrondissement of Paris. French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (1868–1914).

Émile Bernard born

People · Lille

Born in Lille. French painter (1868-1941).

Alain born

People · Mortagne-au-Perche

Born in Mortagne-au-Perche. French philosopher (1868–1951).

Francis Jammes born

People · Tournay

Born in Tournay. French poet (1868-1938).

Ahmed Shawqi born

People · Cairo

Born in Cairo. Egyptian poet and dramatist (1868–1932).

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse born

People · Panker

Born in Panker. German prince (1868–1940).

Kantarō Suzuki born

People · Sakai

Born in Sakai. 29th Prime Minister of Japan (1868-1948).

Stanisław Przybyszewski born

People · Łojewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Born in Łojewo, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Polish writer, playwright and journalist (1868–1927).

Francesco Saverio Nitti born

People · Melfi

Born in Melfi. Italian economist and political figure (1868–1953).

Edgar Lee Masters born

People · Garnett

Born in Garnett. American writer (1868–1950).

Dietrich Eckart born

People · Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Born in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. German journalist and politician (1868-1923).

Keisuke Okada born

People · Fukui

Born in Fukui. Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (1868-1952).

Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine born

People · Darmstadt

Born in Darmstadt. German aristocrat (1868-1937).

José Félix Uriburu born

People · Salta

Born in Salta. Former de facto President of Argentina (1868-1932).

Cai Yuanpei born

People · Shaoxing

Born in Shaoxing. Chinese educator, Esperantist and the president of Peking University (1868-1940).

Vydūnas born

People · Jonaičiai

Born in Jonaičiai. Lithuanian philosopher (1868-1953).

Mikhail Pokrovsky born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian historian (1868–1932).

Mary Parker Follett born

People · Quincy

Born in Quincy. American academic (1868-1933).

Ernst Linder born

People · Pojo

Born in Pojo. Swedish general (1868–1943).

Franz Ritter von Epp born

People · Munich

Born in Munich. German general and politician (1868–1946).

Mihailo Petrović born

People · Belgrade

Born in Belgrade. Serbian mathematician and philosopher (*1868 – †1943).

Ömer Fahreddin Türkkan born

People · Ruse

Born in Ruse. Turkish general and statesperson (1868–1948).

Chang Ping-lin born

People · Yuhang District

Born in Yuhang District. Chinese linguist (1868-1936).

Otto von Lossow born

People · Hof

Born in Hof. German general (1868–1938).

Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo born

People · Babanango

Born in Babanango. King of the Zulu nation (1868-1913).

Louis Bréhier born

People · Brest

Born in Brest. French historian (1868–1951).

Franz Cumont born

People · Aalst

Born in Aalst. Belgian archaeologist, historian, philologist and epigrapher (1868–1947).

Nicholas II of Russia born

People · Pushkin

Born in Pushkin. 14th and last Emperor of Russia (1894–1917).

Mongkut died

People · Grand Palace

Died in Grand Palace. King of Siam from 1851 to 1868.

Tewodros II died

People · Amba Mariam

Died in Amba Mariam. Emperor of Ethiopia (1818–1868).

Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Science & Technology

Public university in Venice, Italy

Hôtel-Dieu de Paris

Science & Technology

Hospital in Paris, France

British expedition to Abyssinia

Science & Technology · Ethiopian Empire

Punitive expedition by the British to Abyssinia 1867-1868

Kandilli Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory, research institute and museum in Turkey

Wellington Botanic Garden

Science & Technology

Public botanical garden

Universidad de Sta. Isabel

Science & Technology

University in Naga City, Camarines Sur

University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

Science & Technology

University in the University of Wisconsin system

Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse

Science & Technology

Garden in France

Ravenshaw University

Science & Technology

State public university in Cuttack, Odisha, India

First Town Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Serbia

State University of New York at Cortland

Science & Technology

Public university in Cortland, New York, USA

Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg

Science & Technology

School in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Western General Hospital

Science & Technology · Edinburgh

Hospital in Lothian, Scotland

Praski Hospital in Warsaw

Science & Technology

Hospital in Poland

Monnow Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Facility

Science & Technology

Hospital

National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology

Science & Technology

Defunct facility in Budapest, Hungary

University of California, Berkeley

Science & Technology

Public university in Berkeley, California, USA

University of California

Science & Technology · Oakland

University system in California, United States

Technical University of Munich

Science & Technology · Munich

Public research university in Germany

Wayne State University

Science & Technology

American public research university located in Detroit, Michigan

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Science & Technology

Public comprehensive university in Mankato, Minnesota

Hampton University

Science & Technology

Historically black university in Virginia

Numazu Military Academy

Science & Technology · Numazu Castle

Esslingen University of Applied Sciences

Science & Technology

University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany

Wells College

Science & Technology

Former private liberal arts college in Aurora, New York

Cro-Magnon Man

Exploration & Discovery · Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

Sub-species of homo sapiens from the lower palaeolithic

Lake Bangweulu

Exploration & Discovery

Lake in northern Zambia

Mesha Stele

Exploration & Discovery

Stele set up around 840 BCE by King Mesha of Moab

Ardagh Hoard

Exploration & Discovery · National Museum of Ireland

Hoard of metalwork

Dechen Cave

Exploration & Discovery

Show cave in Germany

Cueva de los Murciélagos

Exploration & Discovery

Cave

Ornans

Exploration & Discovery

Carbonaceous chondrite

South Australian

Exploration & Discovery

Clipper ship

Champlain II

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in Essex County, United States of America

Uspenski Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Katajanokka

Orthodox cathedral church of Helsinki, Finland

Spanish Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems · Josefov

Synagogue in Prague

Emir Sultan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey

Soltan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in İske Bistä microdistrict, Waxitof City District, Qazan, Tatarstan

Zrenjanin Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Zrenjanin, Serbia

Main Choral Synagogue, Rostov-on-Don

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Russia

Szentes Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral of St. George Historic District

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Boston, Massachusetts

Synagogue in Břeclav

Religion & Belief Systems

Building from 1868 in Břeclav, Czech Republic

Notre-Dame-de-Guérison Sanctuary

Religion & Belief Systems

Christian sanctuary in Aosta Valley

Altdorf Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Ettenheim, Germany

Synagogue in Slatina

Religion & Belief Systems

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance

Religion & Belief Systems

Abbey located in Dordogne, in France

Temple Emanu-El

Religion & Belief Systems

Former synagogue in New York City (1868-1927)

St Andrew's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Sydney

Cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia

Cathedral of Saint Augustine

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Arizona, United States

Church of Archangel Michael in Grozny

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church building in Grozny, Russia

St. Augustine Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Connecticut, United States

Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Jersey City, New Jersey

St Paul's Church, Dover

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic church in Kent, United Kingdom

Jewish cemetery in Znojmo

Religion & Belief Systems

Église protestante unie de l'Étoile

Religion & Belief Systems

Church located in Paris, in France

Protestant church in Liberec

Religion & Belief Systems

Demolished church building in Liberec, Czech Republic

Wat Makut

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand

temple de l'église protestante unie de France de Menton

Religion & Belief Systems

Meeting house located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France

Marilao Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines

Village church Nichel

Religion & Belief Systems · Nichel

Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Wat Tham Khao Luang

Religion & Belief Systems · Khao Luang cave

Buddhist temple in Phetchaburi province, Thailand

Village church Meßdunk

Religion & Belief Systems · Meßdunk

Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Grave of Mahy and Bérard

Religion & Belief Systems · Père-Lachaise Cemetery - Division 59

Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France

Church of Saint Mary the Virgin

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Manhattan, United States of America

Catedral Evangelica Reformada

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church building in Newark, New Jersey

First (Park) Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Michigan, United States of America

Plano Stone Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Illinois, United States of America

Lexington National Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

cemetery for the war dead in Lexington, Kentucky

Bear Mountain Indian Mission School

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

East Palmyra Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Culleoka Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Culleoka, Tennessee, United States of America

Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

Renner Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Minnehaha County, United States of America

Presbyterian Church of Norwood

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

San Ysidro Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Mexico, United States of America

Bethel AME Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Iowa, United States of America

Christ Church Lutheran

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Manhattan, United States of America

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rome

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

First Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Iowa, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Illinois, United States of America

Freewill Baptist Church-Peoples Baptist Church-New Hope Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

German Methodist Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Burlington, Iowa, USA

Methodist Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic Methodist Episcopal in Greenwich, Connecticut

Methodist Episcopal Parsonage

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Oregon, United States of America

Richwood Evangelical Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Indiana, United States of America

St. Mary's Complex

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Taunton, United States of America

St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic church building in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Alexander Nevsky Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia

Chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi (Velká Jesenice)

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Czech Republic

Heilig-Grab-Kapelle

Religion & Belief Systems · Rommelsried

Chapel in Rommelsried, Germany

Chapelle de l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie-d'Alvey

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Savoie, in France

St. Georg

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Eggstätt, Germany

Saint Demetrius church in Radoszyce

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Radoszyce, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Saint Cyricus and Julitta Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church building in Ternate, Italy

St. Ulrich

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Aitrang, Germany

Swjaty křiž pola Hornjeho Hajnka

Religion & Belief Systems · Dreihäuser

Wayside cross near Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Religion & Belief Systems

Pastorie Hervormde Kerk (Ilpendam)

Religion & Belief Systems · Ilpendam

International Watch Company

Economy & Trade · Schaffhausen

Swiss-based international watch company and brand

MetLife

Economy & Trade · New York City

American insurance holding company

Franchi

Economy & Trade · Brescia

Italian firearms manufacturer

Trolza

Economy & Trade · Engels

Russian trolleybus manufacturer

Stork B.V.

Economy & Trade · Hengelo

Company

Zeno-Watch Basel

Economy & Trade · Basel

Company

Vojvođanska banka

Economy & Trade · Novi Sad

Defunct Serbian banking and financial services company

Dortmunder Actien Brauerei

Economy & Trade · Dortmund

German brewery

Van Oord

Economy & Trade · Rotterdam

Dutch dredging company

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

Economy & Trade · Marysville

American multinational corporation

J. G. Brill Company

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Rolling stock manufacturer

Corpet-Louvet

Economy & Trade · Paris

Steam locomotive manufacturer

Metsä Tissue

Economy & Trade · Espoo

Finnish paper company

Živnostenská banka

Economy & Trade · Prague

Czech trade bank founded 1868, since 2002 merged in UniCredit financial group

Halcrow Group

Economy & Trade · London

UK business

Monteith's

Economy & Trade · Greymouth

New Zealand brewery

Aitken Spence

Economy & Trade · Colombo

A Sri Lankan blue chip conglomerate

Frost Bank

Economy & Trade · San Antonio

Texas-chartered bank based in San Antonio

Modiano

Economy & Trade · San Dorligo della Valle

Italian playing cards manufacturer

Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution

Economy & Trade · Salt Lake City

American department store

Pacific Life

Economy & Trade · Newport Beach

Company

Nautische Instrumente Mühle Glashütte

Economy & Trade · Glashütte

German watchmaker

Busey Bank

Economy & Trade · Champaign

Illinois bank

Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust

Economy & Trade · London

British investment trust

Społem

Economy & Trade · Warsaw

Polish consumers' co-operative of local grocery stores

Yale lock

Economy & Trade · Berlin

American lock manufacturer

Park Seed Company

Economy & Trade · Greenwood

American mail order seed company

Strawbridge's

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Defunct department store chain

Chemical Plant Karpov

Economy & Trade · Mendeleyevsk

Russian chemical plant in Tatarstan

A & G Price

Economy & Trade · Thames

Engineering company in Thames, New Zealand

Baxters

Economy & Trade · Fochabers

Scottish food processing company based in Fochabers, Scotland

Makrum

Economy & Trade · Bydgoszcz

Company, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 19th century

Hopkins & Allen

Economy & Trade · Norwich

Defunct US firearms manufacturing company

Società dell' Aqua Pia Antica Marcia

Economy & Trade · Rome

Business

BELMA

Economy & Trade · Białe Błota

Electromechanical company, 1868, Bydgoszcz, Poland

R. R. Bowker

Economy & Trade · New Providence

American publishing company from 1868, acquired 1878 by Richard Rogers Bowker

Owen Owen

Economy & Trade · Liverpool

Department store chain in the United Kingdom

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Economy & Trade · Bertelsmann Building

Law firm

Stones Brewery

Economy & Trade · Sheffield

Brewery in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Watkins Incorporated

Economy & Trade · Minnesota

Manufacturer of health remedies, baking products, and other household items

Randalls Brewery

Economy & Trade · Guernsey

William Low

Economy & Trade · Dundee

Supermarket chain based in Dundee, Scotland

Millers Falls Company

Economy & Trade · Millers Falls

American tool manufacturing company

Radstock Co-operative Society

Economy & Trade · Radstock

Co-operative retailer in the United Kingdom

King + King Architects

Economy & Trade · Syracuse

American architecture firm based in Syracuse, New York

Hudson City Bancorp

Economy & Trade · Paramus

Lederfabrik Heilbronn

Economy & Trade · Heilbronn

German-based company

Chemoxy International Ltd

Economy & Trade · Teesside

British chemical product manufacturer

Penmans

Economy & Trade · Toronto

Business

Old Homestead Steakhouse

Economy & Trade · New York City

Historical American steakhouse located in New York City

Deere & Company

Economy & Trade · Moline

American agricultural and industrial auto manufacturing corporation

1868 Arica earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

1868 earthquake and tsunami centered near Arica, Peru (now Chile)

1868 Hawaii earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Largest recorded earthquake in Hawaiian history

1868 Hayward earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Glorious Revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Spain

1868 revolution in Spain that deposed Queen Isabella II

Grito de Lares

Social Movements & Revolutions · Lares

First revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico

Uprising in the Ural and Turgai regions

Social Movements & Revolutions · Turgay Oblast

RDS Arena

Architecture & Engineering · Ballsbridge

Stadium in Dublin, Ireland

Saint Spyridon Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Italy

Borgund Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Deutschmeister-Palais

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Innere Stadt, Austria

Lower Bethlehemi Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Old Tbilisi, Georgia

Norwegian Church

Architecture & Engineering · Cardiff

Church in Cardiff Bay, Wales, United Kingdom, now an arts centre

Geunjeongjeon

Architecture & Engineering

Hall in Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea

Hattfjelldal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Hattfjelldal, Norway

Holmedal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Askvoll, Norway

Nedstrand Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Tysvær, Rogaland, Norway

Bø Church

Architecture & Engineering · Leirvik

Church building in Hyllestad, Norway

Vatne Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Haram, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Øystese Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kvam, Norway

Lundersæter Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Kongsvinger, Innlandet, Norway

Saint-Charles-Borromée church

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence, France)

Osmond Memorial Church

Architecture & Engineering

Building in India

Eiserner Steg

Architecture & Engineering · Altstadt

Footbridge over the Main in Frankfurt

Church of Our Lady of Sorrows

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Manhattan, United States of America

Church of Saint John the Baptist

Architecture & Engineering · Tuebrook

Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

All Saints Church, Thornton Hough

Architecture & Engineering · Thornton Hough

Church in Thornton Hough, Merseyside, England, UK

St Thomas' Church, Stockton Heath

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

St Stephen's Church, Low Elswick

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Lee Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

American chapel and museum on Washington & Lee University campus in Lexington, Virginia USA

United Methodist Church of the Highlands

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Highland Falls, United States of America

Palmyra Methodist Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Palmyra Township, Iowa

St Barnabas' Church, Bradwell

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Bradwell, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK

Humlebæk Church

Architecture & Engineering · Humlebæk

Church building in Fredensborg Municipality, Denmark

St. Matthias' Church, Nottingham

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

St Barnabas Church, Oxford

Architecture & Engineering · Jericho

Church in Oxford, United Kingdom

St Chad's Church, Far Headingley

Architecture & Engineering · Far Headingley

Church in Leeds, UK

St George's Church, Worthing

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK

St John the Baptist's Church, Avon Dassett

Architecture & Engineering · Avon Dassett

Church in Avon Dassett, Warwickshire, England, UK

Shiramine Jingū

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine

Architecture & Engineering · Hiroshima Castle

Shinto shrine in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

Kyoto Ryōzen-Gokoku Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan

Fort Supply

Architecture & Engineering

Former US military post in Oklahoma

Luther monument Worms

Architecture & Engineering

Large group monument for Martin Luther in Worms, often copied

Parolan leijona

Architecture & Engineering · Parolannummi

Bronze statue in Hattula, Finland

Three Brothers Well in Cieszyn

Architecture & Engineering

Historic well in Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Church of the Gesú

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic church in Philadelphia

Saint Luke church in Kunkowa

Architecture & Engineering

Orthodox church in Krynki

Architecture & Engineering

Sumiyoshi Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shrine in Hokkaido, Japan

Ecce Homo

Architecture & Engineering

Roman Catholic church on Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

Saint Gregory the Illuminator church in Vladikavkaz

Architecture & Engineering

Beecher Island

Architecture & Engineering

sand bar in the Arikaree River in Yuma County, Colorado, United States

United States Naval Academy Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Washington D.C., United States of America

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic place in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

Woonsocket Civil War Monument

Architecture & Engineering

sculpture in Rhode Island, United States of America

Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Rochester, New York

Grace United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Delaware, United States of America

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Garden City, Minnesota, United States

First United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Gloversville, New York, United States

St. Mary's in the Mountains Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Nevada, United States of America

Cathedral Church of All Saints

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Wisconsin, United States

Jesse Chisholm grave site

Architecture & Engineering

National Register of Historic Places listed place

Canyonville United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Canyonville, Oregon, USA

Duanesburg-Florida Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

St. James Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic Methodist chapel located at St. James, Phelps County, Missouri

Church of Mary Magdalene in Don Oblast

Architecture & Engineering

Temple in Andreyevo-Melent'yuvo, Russia

Sebastopol

Architecture & Engineering

Large artillery mortar

Roman Catholic Church of St Peter

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Gloucester, United Kingdom

Golovinskaya column

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Tver, Russia

Fifth Avenue Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Former Broadway theatre in New York City

Teatro Rosalía de Castro

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in A Coruña, Galicia

Grand Opera House

Sports & Entertainment · Chelsea

New York theatre

Cromwell Cup

Sports & Entertainment · Sheffield

Sheffield Rules football competition

Empire of Japan founded

Empires & Countries · Tokyo

Empire of Japan was founded, with its capital at Tokyo.

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia founded

Empires & Countries · Zagreb

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was founded, with its capital at Zagreb.

Couto Misto dissolved

Empires & Countries · Santiago de Rubiás

Couto Misto ceased to exist, having been centered at Santiago de Rubiás.

Imperial Court in Kyoto dissolved

Empires & Countries · Heian-kyō

Imperial Court in Kyoto ceased to exist, having been centered at Heian-kyō.

Government of Meiji Japan founded

Empires & Countries

Government of Meiji Japan was founded.

Kingdom of Croatia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Zagreb

Kingdom of Croatia ceased to exist, having been centered at Zagreb.