Shinsengumi Timeline

References

• Hillsborough, Romulus. Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps, Tuttle Publishing, 2005
• Bigman Special Kaitei Shinban Shinsengumi. Seikaibunka-sha, 2003

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Shinsengumi Chronology

1863 (Bunkyû 3)

• 2/8 Roshigumi is organized.
• 3/12 Rename to Mibu Roshigumi
• 3/25 Assassination of Tonouchi Yoshio
• 6/3 Fighting with Sumo wrethlers in Osaka.
• 8/12 Serizawa burns down Yamatoya.
• 8/18 Political change on August 18.
• 9/13 Niimi Nishiki commits seppuku.
• 9/18 Assassination of Serizawa.
• 9/25 Renamed to Shinsengumi.
• 9/26 Assassination of spies from Choshu.
• 12/27 Noguchi Kenji commits seppuku.

1864 (Genji 1)

• 6/5 Raid on Ikedaya.
• 6/10 Raid on Akebonotei.
• 7/19 Kinmon rebellion.
• 8 Nagakura petitions to Katamori.
• 10/27 Ito Kashitaro joins.

1865 (Keiô 1)

• 1/8 Raid on Zenzaiya.
• 2/23 Yamanami commits seppuku.
• 3/10 Shinsengumi moves to Nishi Hongan-ji.
• 9/1 Matsubara Chuji dies.

1866 (Keiô 2)

• 2/15 Kawai Kisaburo commits seppuku.
• 4/1 Tani Sanjuro dies.
• 9/12 Sanjo Seisatsu Incident.

1867 (Keiô 3)

• 3/20 Ito Kashitaro and 12 other members separated.
• 6/10 All Shinsengumi members appointed to be Bakushin.
• 6/15 Shinsengumi move to Fudodo village.
• 6/22 Assassination of Takeda Kanryusai.
• 11/18 Incident at Aburanokoji.
• 12/7 Incident at Tenmaya.
• 12/18 Kondo gets shot.

1868 (Keiô 4, Meiji 1)

• 1/3 Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
• 1/5 Battle of Yodo-Senryomatsu.
• 1/5 Battle of Hashimoto.
• 1/10 Yamazaki Susumu dies in Fujisanmaru.
• 3/6 Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma.
• 3/12 Nagakura,Harada leave Shinsengumi.
• 4/2 Shinsengumi arrive at Nagareyama.
• 4/3 Kondo captured.
• 4/12 Hijikata joins Bakufu troops.
• 4/19 Battle of Utsunomiya castle.
• 4/25 Exection of Kondo Isami at Itabashi.
• int. 4/25 Battle of Shirakawaguchi.
• 5/17 Harada Sanosuke dies.
• 5/30 Okita Soji dies.
• 8/21 Battle of Bonari pass.
• 10/26 Bakufu troops enter Goryokaku, Hakodate.

1869 (Meiji 2)

• 3/25 Battle of Miyako bay.
• 4/13 First Battle of Futamataguchi.
• 4/24 Second Battle of Futamataguchi.
• 5/5 Ichimura Tetsunosuke escapes from Hakodate.
• 5/11 Hijikata Toshizo killed.
• 5/14 Soma Kazue surrenders.
• 5/18 Bakufu troops surrenders. Boshin war ends.