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* 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]] is promulgated.

**3/14 The [[Charter Oath]] is promulgated.

**3/28 The new government orders ''[[Shinbutsu Bunri]]''.

**3/28 The new government orders ''[[Shinbutsu Bunri]]''.

**4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii.

**4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii.

*1868/int.4

*1868/int.4

**int.4 The Offices of the government are dissolved and replaced with Ministries, of which the [[Ministry of Rites]] (''Jingikan'') is supreme.

**int.4 The Offices of the government are dissolved and replaced with Ministries, of which the ''Jingikan'' is supreme.

**int.4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki.

**int.4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki.

**int.4/27 The Meiji government releases [[Seitaisho]]

**int.4/27 The Meiji government releases [[Seitaisho]]

**5/19 The [[Battle of Nagaoka]]

**5/19 The [[Battle of Nagaoka]]

*1868/6 Shogunate lands, ''[[hatamoto]]'' lands, and some small domains are reorganized into [[prefectures|''ken'' and ''fu'']], while the remaining domains are renamed ''[[han]]''.

*1868/6 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.

*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.

*1868/10/25 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] occupies [[Goryokaku]].

==Other Events of 1868==

==Other Events of 1868==

*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.

*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]] 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]]''.

*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 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.

*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.

*[[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.

*The [[Tsukiji Hotel]], the first official guesthouse for foreigners constructed by the [[Meiji government]], is completed.