1868

1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.

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

 Births 
 Francisco Carreón
Deaths

June 1 - James Buchanan, 77, fifteenth President of the United States, respiratory failure (b. 1791)