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What Happened In May 1868 In History

Historical Events for May, 1868

  • 14th » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
  • 16th » United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his Impeachment of Andrew Johnson e.g impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
  • 29th » The assassination of Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia named Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1868

  • 6th » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
  • 10th » Ed Barrow, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
  • 13th » Sumner Paine, American target shooter (d. 1904)
  • 14th » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
  • 17th » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (d. 1920)
  • 18th » Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias (d. 1918)
  • 24th » Charlie Taylor (mechanic) named Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)
  • 27th » Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet (d. 1924)

Famous Deaths for May 1868

  • 7th » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
  • 10th » Henry Bennett (U.S. politician) named Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808)
  • 17th » Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
  • 22nd » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
  • 23rd » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)

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