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| * 1868/3 | | * 1868/3 |
| **3/13 The [[Saigo Takamori]]-[[Katsu Kaishu]] talk. | | **3/13 The [[Saigo Takamori]]-[[Katsu Kaishu]] talk. |
| + | **3/13 The ''[[Jingikan]]'' (Ministry of Rites) is established, and all [[Shinto]] shrines and priests are placed under its authority. |
| **3/14 The [[Charter Oath]] is promulgated. | | **3/14 The [[Charter Oath]] is promulgated. |
| **3/28 The new government orders ''[[Shinbutsu Bunri]]''. | | **3/28 The new government orders ''[[Shinbutsu Bunri]]''. |
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| **4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii. | | **4/25 120 Japanese migrate to Hawaii. |
| *1868/int.4 | | *1868/int.4 |
− | **int.4 The Offices of the government are dissolved and replaced with Ministries, of which the [[Ministry of Rites]] (''Jingikan'') is supreme. | + | **int.4 The Offices of the government are dissolved and replaced with Ministries, of which the ''Jingikan'' is supreme. |
| **int.4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki. | | **int.4/17 About 4000 Christians arrested in Nagasaki. |
| **int.4/27 The Meiji government releases [[Seitaisho]] | | **int.4/27 The Meiji government releases [[Seitaisho]] |
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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 Coronation of [[Emperor Meiji]] | + | **8/27 ''Sokui shiki'' accession ceremonies are held in Kyoto for the [[Meiji Emperor]]. |
| *1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders. | | *1868/9/22 Aizu surrenders. |
− | *1968/10/25 [[Enomoto Takeaki]] occupies [[Goryokaku]]. | + | *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]]. |
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| ==Other Events of 1868== | | ==Other Events of 1868== |
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| *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. |