1868 (AD 1868) Historical Timeline & Archive
Explore biographies of historical figures born or commemorated in 1868 (AD 1868) from the 2Day Chrono-Wiki encyclopedia.
Notable Figures in 1868 (AD 1868) (13)
- Benjamin Guinness (Died: 1868) — Anglo-Irish brewer and philanthropist who significantly contributed to brewing and Irish society.
- Charles Maurras (Born: 1868-04-20) — Major French philosopher and intellectual, founder of Action Française, known for monarchism and integral nationalism.
- Emanuel Leutze (Died: 1868-07-18) — German-American history painter, famed for 'Washington Crossing the Delaware'
- Fritz Haber (Born: 1868-12-09) — Pioneering chemist known for the Haber process, vital for fertilizers and industrial chemistry.
- Gioachino Rossini (Died: 1868-11-13) — Master of Italian Opera, bridging the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
- Léon Foucault (Died: 1868-02-11) — Pioneering French physicist known for the Foucault pendulum and light speed measurements.
- Maxim Gorky (Born: 1868-03-16) — A foundational Russian writer whose works chronicled the struggles of the common man.
- Nicholas II (Born: 1868-05-18) — Last Emperor of Russia, whose reign ended with the 1917 Revolution.
- Robert Falcon Scott (Born: 1868-06-06) — British Antarctic explorer famed for the Discovery and Terra Nova Expeditions.
- Robert Millikan (Born: 1868-03-22) — Pioneering experimental physicist known for the elementary charge and photoelectric effect.
- Scott Joplin (Born: 1868-03-31) — The "King of Ragtime," Scott Joplin defined the genre with masterful compositions.
- Tewodros II (Died: 1868-04-13) — Emperor of Ethiopia who ended the Era of the Princes and sought state modernization.
- W. E. B. Du Bois (Born: 1868-02-23) — Pioneering sociologist, civil rights activist, and scholar of the African diaspora.