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**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 ''Sokui shiki'' accession ceremonies are held in Kyoto for the [[Meiji Emperor]].
**8/27 ''Sokui shiki'' accession ceremonies are held in Kyoto for the [[Meiji Emperor]].
*1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders.
*1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders.
*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]].
*1868/10/25 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] occupies [[Goryokaku]].
*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.
