1869

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.