Timeline November 1868

Events in November 1868 2

• 1792 – 1868 Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Died 13 November 1868, aged 76 Rossini was an Italian composer renowned for operas including The Barber of Seville and William Tell. He retired from opera composition in his thirties but remained a celebrated figure in Parisian musical society. He died at his villa in Passy near Paris.
• 1868 Ulysses S. Grant elected president Union war hero wins the US presidency Ulysses S. Grant, commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War, was elected the eighteenth President of the United States. He ran as a Republican promising to consolidate Reconstruction gains. Grant took office in March 1869.