1868 deaths

Greek politician and general (1806-1868)

German painter (1788–1868)

German classical philologist and archaeologist (1784-1868)

American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)

German actress and writer (1800–1868)

President of Venezuela

Leader of the Southern Cheyenne (1803–1868)

mistress of Emperor Napoleon I

Danish botanist (1795–1868)

Dutch writer, politician and director (1802-1868)

Hungarian poet 1817-1868

French explorer (1823–1868)

Bulgarian revolutionary (1840–1868)

German music critic (1811-1868)

President of Bolivia (1810-1868)

Danish sculptor, author of Landsoldaten and the Isted Lion (1798–1868)

19th‑century French nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1796–1868)

German chess player (1810–1868)

Austrian composer

British medical practitioner and teacher (1791-1868)

Rainivoninahitriniony (1824–1868), was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Madagascar between 1852 and 1864. He was the chief engineer of the Aristocratic Revolution initialized upon the attempted assassination of King Radama II. His excesses and participation in the regicide saw him fall from favor, ultimately being relieved of his position and replaced as prime minister by his younger brother Rainilaiarivony. Rainivoninahitriniony died in exile on May 5, 1868, shortly after an attempted coup meant to enable him to regain his position upon the death of Queen Rasoherina ended in failure.

Swedish politician (1811-1868)

American politician (1814–1868)

German botanist (1803-1868)

American painter (1807-1868)

Northern Cheyenne warrior (1835–1868)

Bulgarian revolutionary (1840–1868)

Swedish artist, photographer, cartographer and writer (1803–1868)

German art historian (1794–1868)

French ornithologist (1810-1868)

Austrian architect (1812–1868)

Canadian politician (1825–1868)

Swedish entomologist

French horticulturalist (1826-1868)

French artist (1821-1868)

Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868)

Massachusetts Governor and Congressman (1782-1868)

Danish painter (1792–1868)

British duchess (1806-1868)

English physician (1791-1868)

Austrian architect (1813-1868)

writer, diplomat and politician (1809–1868)

First female detective in the US (1833–1868)

Hungarian lawyer, poet, critic, esthete, collector of folk poetry a educator (1814–1868)

Polish artist (1823-1868)

samurai (1840–1868)

American businessman, lawyer, diplomat and railroad executive (1805-1868)

American mechanical engineer (1821–1868)

French ballet dancer and choreographer (1801–1868)

Spanish diplomat (1809-1868)

Catholic cardinal (1812–1868)

Swedish hymnwriter and preacher (1816–1868)

American politician (1793–1868)

American gunsmith (1786-1868)

statesman, political historian, and diplomatist under the July Monarchy (1802-1868)

Italian historian (1789-1868)

American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1828–1868)

samurai

Swiss-Austrian Germanist

Mexican politician (1805-1868)