Editing 1868 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; The [[Hampton University|Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute]] is established in [[Hampton, Virginia]].
* [[April 7]] &ndash; The [[Charter Oath]], drawn up by his councilors, is promulgated at the enthronement of the [[Emperor Meiji]] of Japan, promising deliberative assemblies and an end to [[feudalism]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Donald Keene|last=Keene|first=Donald|year=2002|title=Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12340-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/emperorofjapanme00keen/page/137 137]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/emperorofjapanme00keen/page/137}} [//www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/46731178 OCLC 46731178]</ref>
* [[April 9]] &ndash; Emperor [[Tewodros II]] of Ethiopia massacres at least 197 of his own people at [[Amba Mariam|Magdala]]. These are prisoners incarcerated, for the most part, for very trivial offenses, and are killed for requesting bread and water.
* [[April 9]]&ndash;[[April 13|13]] &ndash; [[Battle of Magdala]]: A British-Indian task force under [[Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala|Robert Napier]] inflicts 700 deaths and a crushing defeat on the army of Emperor [[Tewodros II]]; the British and Indians suffer 30 wounded, two of whom subsequently die. Tewodros commits suicide and Magdala is captured, ending the [[British Expedition to Abyssinia]].
* [[April 11]]&ndash;July &ndash; [[Fall of Edo]]: The Japanese city surrenders to [[Emperor Meiji]]. ''[[Shōgun]]'' [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] submits to the Emperor.
* [[April 29]] &ndash; General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] brokers the [[Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)|Treaty of Fort Laramie]], between the [[federal government of the United States]] and the [[Plains Indians]].
* [[May 10]]&ndash;[[May 14|14]] &ndash; [[Boshin War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Utsunomiya Castle]], Japan: Forces of the [[Emperor Meiji]] resist the retreating troops of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
* [[May 16]], [[May 26]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] is twice acquitted during [[Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson|his impeachment trial]], by one vote in the [[United States Senate]].
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Fenian]] bomber [[Michael Barrett (Fenian)|Michael Barrett]] becomes the last person publicly [[hanging|hanged]] in the United Kingdom.
* [[May 29]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] passes the [[Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868|Capital Punishment Amendment Act]], thus ending public hanging.
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Memorial Day]] is observed in the United States for the first time (it was proclaimed on [[May 5]] by General [[John A. Logan]]).
* [[May 31]]
** [[Thomas Spence]] declares himself president of the [[Republic of Manitobah]] in Canada; he soon alienates the locals.
** The first popular bicycle race is held at [[Parc de Saint-Cloud]], Paris.
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Tītokowaru's War]] breaks out in the [[South Taranaki District]] of New Zealand's [[North Island]] between the Ngāti Ruanui [[Māori people|Māori]] tribe and the New Zealand Government.
* [[June 1]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Bosque Redondo]] is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]].
* [[June 2]] &ndash; The first [[Trades Union Congress]] is held in [[Manchester]], England.
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Mihailo Obrenović]], [[Principality of Serbia|Prince of Serbia]], is assassinated in [[Košutnjak]], [[Belgrade]].
* [[June 20]] &ndash; Fort Fred Steele is established to protect what is at this time the western terminus of the [[Union Pacific Railway]], near modern-day [[Sinclair, Wyoming]].