Timeline July 1868

Events in July 1868 2

• 1868 Fourteenth Amendment ratified US Constitution grants citizenship and equal protection The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteeing equal protection under the law. It reversed the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision and became a cornerstone of later civil rights litigation. It is one of the Reconstruction Amendments following the Civil War.
• 1868 Edo renamed Tokyo Japan's imperial capital renamed The Meiji government issued an edict renaming the city of Edo to Tokyo, meaning "Eastern Capital." The emperor formally relocated there later that year, ending Kyoto's centuries-long role as imperial seat. The renaming symbolized Japan's political transformation under the new imperial government.