What Happened In January 1868 In History

Historical Events for January, 1868

• 3rd » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• 27th » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Emperor of Japan called Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1868

• 1st » Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
• 6th » Stefan Luchian, Romanian painter (d. 1917)
• 6th » Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1922)
• 9th » S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
• 11th » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (d. 1940)
• 25th » Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer (d. 1894)
• 31st » Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

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