Difference between revisions of "1869"

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Meiji 2 (明治二年)

1869/1
- 1/5 Assassination of Yokoi Shonan
- 1/20 Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, Higo petition to return of domain lands to the state.
1869/2
- 2/5 The government encourages to set elementary schools to all regions.
- 2/8 The newspaper regulations ban criticism against the government.
1869/3/13 The Dajôkan (Council of State) declares the unity of government and rites (saisei icchi).
1869/5/18 Enomoto Takeaki surrenders. (End of the Boshin War)
1869/6
- 6 The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony in El Dorado County, California, is established. It is the only site outside Japan to be settled by samurai.
- 6/17 The return of domain lands to the state. (Hanseki Hokan)
- 6/24 Russia sends troops to Karafuto.
- 6/29 The government builds a new shrine for soldiers who died in the Boshin War. (Later called Yasukuni Shrine)
1869/8/3 Farmers riot in Takasaki.
1869/9/4 Omura Masujiro assaulted by a former Choshu samurai.
1869/10/12 Farmers riot in Toyama.
1869/12
- 12/14 Farmers riots in Ogaki, Owari.
- 12/25 The first telegraphic communication lines between Tokyo and Yokohama.

Ezo is renamed Hokkaidô and is incorporated into the territory of the Meiji state.
Tokushima castle is torn down.

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 **2/5 The government encourages to set elementary schools to all regions.
 **2/8 The newspaper regulations ban criticism against the government.
+*1869/3/13 The [[Dajokan|Dajôkan]] (Council of State) declares the unity of government and rites (''[[saisei icchi]]'').
 *1869/5/18 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] surrenders. (End of the [[Boshin War]])
 *1869/6