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Vice presidential nominee. Schuyler Colfax of Indiana. ‹ 1864 · 1872 ›. The 1868 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on May 20 to May 21, 1868. Ulysses S. Grant won the election and became the 18th president of the United States.
- May 20–21, 1868
Hace 2 días · The Fourteenth Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution that was adopted in 1868. It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 3 días · The Chōshū and Satsuma domains in 1868 convinced the young Emperor Meiji and his advisors to issue a rescript calling for an end to the Tokugawa shogunate. The armies of Chōshū and Satsuma soon marched on Edo and the ensuing Boshin War led to the fall of the shogunate. Modern Japan Meiji period (1868–1912)
Hace 3 días · 1st century AD: The aeolipile, a simple steam turbine is recorded by Hero of Alexandria. [263] 1st century AD: The first use of respiratory protective equipment is documented by Pliny the Elder ( c. 23 AD –79) using animal bladder skins to protect workers in Roman mines from red lead oxide dust.
Hace 4 días · Hace 150 años, en diciembre de 1868 se instaló en Londres el primer semáforo del mundo en el exterior del parlamento británico de Westminster. Utilizando como referencia las señales de ferrocarril, el ingeniero ferroviario John Peake Knight diseñó el primer semáforo utilizado para controlar el tráfico.
Hace 5 días · The New Zealand Wars (ngā pakanga o Aotearoa), which happened between the 1840s and 1970s, were fought between Māori and government forces, which included British and colonial forces and kūpapa (Māori who fought on the side of the British). Here is a list of when and where the major New Zealand Wars took place:
Hace 3 días · Vesuvius, active volcano that rises above the Bay of Naples on the plain of Campania in southern Italy. Its western base rests almost upon the bay. The height of the cone in 2013 was 4,203 feet (1,281 metres), but it varies considerably after each major eruption.
