Timeline of 1869
(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.
Births and Deaths of 1869
- 5/11 Hijikata Toshizo dies in Hakodate.
- 11/5 Omura Masujiro dies.