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.
1869/5/18 Enomoto Takeaki surrenders. (End of the Boshin War)
1869/6
- 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.

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1869

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1870

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+Meiji 2 (明治二年)
 == Timeline of 1869 ==
-(Meiji 2; 明治二年)
 *1869/1
 **1/5 Assassination of [[Yokoi Shonan]]
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 **12/25 The first telegraphic communication lines between Tokyo and Yokohama.
-===Births and Deaths of 1869===
+==Other Events of 1869==
+*[[Ezo]] is renamed [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] and is incorporated into the territory of the Meiji state.
+===Births and Deaths===
 * 5/11 [[Hijikata Toshizo]] dies in [[Hakodate]].
 * 11/5 Omura Masujiro dies.
-[[Category:Timeline]][[Category:Meiji Period Timeline]]
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+{| border="3" align="center"
+|- align="center"
+|width="35%"|Previous Year<br>'''[[1868]]'''
+|width="25%"|'''[[1869]]'''
+|width="35%"|Following Year<br>'''[[1870]]'''
+|}
+</center>
+[[Category:Timeline]]
+[[Category:Meiji Period Timeline]]