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Events in the year 1868 in Uruguay.

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Events

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  • Establishment of Cementerio del Cerro, Montevideo.[1]
  • 23 January - the first Uruguayan Civil Code is passed, approved by Law No. 917 of 23 January 1868, and was scheduled to come into force in 19 April of the same year.[2]
  • 4 February - the first Uruguayan Mining Code is passed, approved by Law No. 920 of 4 February 1868.[3]
  • 30 April - the parliament gave legal approval to the regulations with purported force of law issued by the Interim Governorship led by general Venancio Flores, from 20 February 1865 to 15 February 1868.[4]
  • 20 July - due to the death of Venancio Flores, the General Assembly declared a day of national mourning his day of death in 19 February 1869 and that day yearly.[5] This would be held until 1914, when all the holidays of mournings were repealed.[6][7]

Deaths

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  • February 19
    • Bernardo Berro (64), Uruguayan politician and writer, president of Uruguay in the period 1860-1864; assassinated (b. 1803).[6]
    • Venancio Flores (59), Uruguayan politician and military figure, president of Uruguay in the period 1853-1855 and interim governor in the period 1865-1868; assassinated (b. 1808).[8]

References

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  1. ^ Peirano, Ricardo; Ruiz Sáez, Magdalena (2002). Gran Enciclopedia del Uruguay (in Spanish). Barcelona: Sol 90. OCLC 51576630.
  2. ^ Armand Ugon, E.; Cerdeiras Alonso, J. C.; Arcos Ferrand, L.; Goldaracena, c., eds. (1930). Ley N° 917. CÓDIGO CIVIL. Fijación de la fecha de su vigencia (in Spanish). Vol. VII (1867-1868). Montevideo. pp. 81–441. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Armand Ugon, E.; Cerdeiras Alonso, J. C.; Arcos Ferrand, L.; Goldaracena, c., eds. (1930). Ley N° 920. CÓDIGO DE MINERÍA. Su aprobación (in Spanish). Vol. VII (1867-1868). Montevideo. pp. 443–452. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Armand Ugon, E.; Cerdeiras Alonso, J. C.; Arcos Ferrand, L.; Goldaracena, c., eds. (1930). Ley N° 928. ACTOS DEL GOBIERNO PROVISORIO. Se reconoce la validez de los comprendidos entre el 20 de Febrero de 1865 y 15 de Febrero de 1868 (in Spanish). Vol. VII (1867-1868). Montevideo. pp. 458–459. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Armand Ugon, E.; Cerdeiras Alonso, J. C.; Arcos Ferrand, L.; Goldaracena, c., eds. (1930). Ley N° 973. DUELO NACIONAL. Se decreta el 19 de Febrero de 1869, aniversario de la muerte de General Flores (in Spanish). Vol. VII (1867-1868). Montevideo. pp. 490–491. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Pacheco, Luis F. "Mataron a Venancio Flores (1808-1868)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento de Historia, Instituto de Formación en Educación, ANEP. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Ley N° 5182. Abolición de las disposiciones sobre duelos nacionales". Diario Oficial (in Spanish). XXXVII (2716). IMPO: 535. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. ^ Fors, Luis Ricardo (20 February 1868). "Boletín del día. Parte política". El Progreso (in Spanish). Vol. 1, no. 10. Montevideo. p. 1. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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