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== Timeline of 1868 ==
== Timeline of 1868 ==
*Keiô 3/12/9 (3 Jan) [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] officially steps down as [[Shogun]], and the [[Imperial Court]] declares the [[Meiji Restoration|Restoration]] of the Monarchy.([[Osei Fukko|Ôsei Fukko]])
* 1868/1
* 1868/1
**1 The government is organized into seven Divisions (''ka''), with the Division of Rites at the top of the hierarchy.
**1/3 The [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].
**1/3 The [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].
**1/6 [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] returns to [[Edo]].
**1/6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu returns to [[Edo]].
* 1868/2
* 1868/2
**2 The Divisions of the government are replaced with eight Offices (''kyoku''), with the Office of Rites at the top of the hierarchy.
**2/15 [[Sakai Incident]]
**2/15 [[Sakai Incident]]
**2/23 [[Shogitai]] occupys [[Kanei-ji]] temple.
**2/23 [[Shogitai]] occupys [[Kanei-ji]] temple.
* 1868/3
* 1868/3
**3/13 The [[Saigo Takamori]]-[[Katsu Kaishu]] talk.
**3/13 The [[Saigo Takamori]]-[[Katsu Kaishu]] talk.
**3/14 The [[Charter Oath]]
**3/13 The ''[[Jingikan]]'' (Ministry of Rites) is established, and all [[Shinto]] shrines and priests are placed under its authority.
**3/14 The [[Charter Oath]] is promulgated.
**3/28 The new government orders ''[[Shinbutsu Bunri]]''.
**3/28 The new government orders ''[[Shinbutsu Bunri]]''.
*1868/4
*1868/4
**4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii.
**4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii.
*1868/int.4
*1868/int.4
**4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki.
**int.4 The Offices of the government are dissolved and replaced with Ministries, of which the ''Jingikan'' is supreme.
**4/27 The Meiji government releases [[Seitaisho]]
**int.4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki.
**int.4/27 The Meiji government releases [[Seitaisho]]
*1868/5
*1868/5
**5/3 [[Ouetsu Reppan Domei]]
**5/3 [[Ouetsu Reppan Domei]]
**5/15 The [[Battle of Ueno]]
**5/15 The [[Battle of Ueno]]
**5/19 The [[Battle of Nagaoka]]
**5/19 The [[Battle of Nagaoka]]
*1868/7/17 Edo is renamed to Tokyo.
*1868/6 Shogunate lands, ''[[hatamoto]]'' lands, and some small domains are reorganized into [[prefectures|''ken'' and ''fu'']], while the remaining domains are renamed ''[[han]]''.
*1868/7/17 Edo is renamed to [[Tokyo]] in an Imperial Edict.
*1868/8
*1868/8
**8 The [[Battle of Aizu]]
**8 The [[Battle of Aizu]]
**8/27 Coronation of [[Emperor Meiji]]
**8/27 ''Sokui shiki'' accession ceremonies are held in Kyoto for the [[Meiji Emperor]].
*1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders.
*1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders.
*1968/10/25 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] occupies [[Goryokaku]].
*1868/9/20-10/13 The Meiji Emperor makes his first great Imperial Progress from Kyoto to Tokyo, a three week journey with an entourage of 3300 men.
*1868/10/13 The Meiji Emperor arrives in Tokyo for the first time.
*1868/10/25 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] occupies [[Goryokaku]].
==Other Events of 1868==
==Other Events of 1868==
*Photographer [[Felice Beato]] publishes his ''[[Photographic Views of Japan]]''.
*Photographer [[Felice Beato]] publishes his ''[[Photographic Views of Japan]]''.
*Currency exchange is undertaken in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]]; each copper ''[[currency|mon]]'' is replaced with 32 iron ''mon'', causing a sudden and dramatic rise in prices.
*The end of the shogunate brings with it a massive exodus from [[Edo]]; the city's population does not recover to 1868 levels until around 1890.
*The end of the shogunate brings with it a massive exodus from [[Edo]]; the city's population does not recover to 1868 levels until around 1890.
*One hundred forty-eight Japanese arrive in [[Hawaii]] aboard the British ship ''Scioto'', under contracts as sugar plantation workers, after being shipped out of [[Yokohama]] without authorization. Arriving in the first year (''gannen'') of the Meiji period, they come to be known as ''[[gannenmono]]''.
*The terms ''han'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
*The port of [[Kobe]] (aka [[Hyogo no tsu|Hyôgo no tsu]]) is opened to Western trade.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*The [[Nien Rebellion]] in China ends.
*[[Shirakawa castle]] is burnt down in battle.
*[[Shirakawa castle]] is burnt down in battle.
*The [[Tsukiji Hotel]], the first official guesthouse for foreigners constructed by the [[Meiji government]], is completed.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
* 4/25 [[Kondo Isami]] is executed.
* 4/25 [[Kondo Isami]] is executed.
* 10/10 [[Funakoshi Gichin]], founder of [[Shotokan Karate]], is born (d. 1957).
* 12/16 Ryukyuan painter [[Higa Seisei]] is born (d. 1939).
* 12/16 Ryukyuan painter [[Higa Seisei]] is born (d. 1939).
*Silk baron [[Hara Sankei]] is born (d. 1939).
*[[Iwai Tatsumi]], 4th [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)]], is born (d. [[1908]]).
*[[Gaikoku bugyo|Foreign Affairs Magistrate]] [[Kawaji Toshiakira]] commits suicide, following the shogunate in its fall.
*[[Kawarasaki Gonnosuke IV]] dies (b. [[1814]]).
*[[Kawarasaki Gonnosuke IV]] dies (b. [[1814]]).
*[[Kenshitsu]], Queen of King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], dies.
* ''[[Nihonga]]'' artist [[Tanaka Raisho|Tanaka Raishô]] is born (d. 1940).
* Painter [[Yokoyama Taikan]] is born (d. 1958).
* Painter [[Yokoyama Taikan]] is born (d. 1958).
