Timeline April 1868

Events in April 1868 4

• 1825 – 1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868) Died 7 April 1868, aged 42 McGee was an Irish-Canadian politician, journalist, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. He was assassinated in Ottawa hours after delivering a speech in Parliament, likely in retaliation for his denunciation of the Fenian movement. His killing was Canada's only assassination of a federal politician.
• 1868 – 1946 George Arliss (1868-1946) English actor, the first British winner of the Oscar for Best Actor, for Disraeli.
• 1868 George Arliss born in London George Arliss is born in London.
• 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie US-Sioux treaty establishes the Great Sioux Reservation The United States government and Lakota Sioux leaders signed a treaty establishing the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, and guaranteeing Sioux hunting rights in surrounding territory. It ended Red Cloud's War over the Bozeman Trail forts. The treaty was later violated after gold was found in the Black Hills.