1868

1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1868th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 868th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1868, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s  1840s  1850s  – 1860s –  1870s  1880s  1890s
Years:	1865 1866 1867 – 1868 – 1869 1870 1871

1868 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1868 MDCCCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2621
Armenian calendar	1317 ԹՎ ՌՅԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	6618
Bahá'í calendar	24–25
Balinese saka calendar	1789–1790
Bengali calendar	1275
Berber calendar	2818
British Regnal year	31 Vict. 1 – 32 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar	2412
Burmese calendar	1230
Byzantine calendar	7376–7377
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4564 or 4504     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4565 or 4505
Coptic calendar	1584–1585
Discordian calendar	3034
Ethiopian calendar	1860–1861
Hebrew calendar	5628–5629
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1924–1925
- Shaka Samvat	1789–1790
- Kali Yuga	4968–4969
Holocene calendar	11868
Igbo calendar	868–869
Iranian calendar	1246–1247
Islamic calendar	1284–1285
Japanese calendar	Keiō 4 / Meiji 1 (明治元年)
Javanese calendar	1796–1797
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4201
Minguo calendar	44 before ROC 民前44年
Nanakshahi calendar	400
Thai solar calendar	2410–2411
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1994 or 1613 or 841     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1995 or 1614 or 842

Events

• Helium is discovered.
• Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women is published.
• Meiji Restoration in Japan.

Births

• Francisco Carreón