The year 1868 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed

See also: 1867 in science, other events of 1868, 1869 in science, list of years in science.

Awards

• Copley Medal: Charles Wheatstone
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Carl Friedrich Naumann

Births

Deaths

• February 11 - Léon Foucault, physicist (* 1819)
• May 22 - Julius Plücker, mathematician and physicist (* 1801)