Timeline of 1869
(Meiji 2; 明治二年)
- 1869/1
- 1/5 Assasshination 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)