Timeline May 1868

Events in May 1868 3

• 1809 – 1868 Kit Carson (1809-1868) Died 23 May 1868, aged 58 Carson was an American frontiersman, trapper, and soldier famed for guiding western expeditions and later for military campaigns against Native American tribes including the Navajo. He served as a Union brigadier general during the Civil War. He died at Fort Lyon, Colorado, of an aortic aneurysm.
• 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson First impeachment of a sitting US president The House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson, chiefly over his violation of the Tenure of Office Act in dismissing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The Senate trial concluded in May with Johnson acquitted by a single vote. It was the first impeachment of a sitting US president.
• 1868 Last public execution in Britain Michael Barrett hanged outside Newgate Prison Michael Barrett was hanged outside Newgate Prison for his role in the Clerkenwell explosion, becoming the last person publicly executed in Britain. Public executions were abolished shortly afterward under the Capital Punishment Amendment Act. Executions thereafter took place inside prison walls.