10th » At Arogee in Ethiopia known as Abyssinia, British and Indian forces British Expedition to Abyssinia e.g defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
11th » Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
13th » The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Maqdala.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1868
1st » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (d. 1918)
10th » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (d. 1946)
12th » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral (d. 1918)
12th » Ella Gaunt Smith, American businesswoman (d. 1932)
14th » Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (d. 1940)
22nd » Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (d. 1924)
25th » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)