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**5/15 The [[Battle of Ueno]]
**5/15 The [[Battle of Ueno]]
**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]]''.
*1868/7/17 Edo is renamed to Tokyo.
*1868/7/17 Edo is renamed to Tokyo.
*1868/8
*1868/8
*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]] 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.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.