1863

Timeline of 1863

• 1863/2/8 The Rôshigumi is organized.
• 1863/3
  • 3/12 The Rôshigumi is renamed the Mibu Rôshigumi
  • 3/25 Assassination of Tonouchi Yoshio
• 1863/6/3 Fighting with Sumo wrestlers in Osaka.
• 1863/8
  • 8/12 Serizawa Kamo burns down Yamatoya.
  • 8/18 Political change on August 18.
• 1863/9
  • 9/13 Niimi Nishiki commits seppuku.
  • 9/18 Assassination of Serizawa Kamo.
  • 9/25 The Mibu Rôshigumi is renamed the Shinsengumi.
  • 9/26 Assassination of spies from Choshu.
  • 12/27 Noguchi Kenji commits seppuku.

Other Events of 1863

• Saitô Hajime joins the Mibu Rôshigumi

Births and Deaths of 1863

• Abiru Eisaburô dies of illness in Kyoto.
• Kiyokawa Hachirô is assassinated in Edo
• Tonouchi Yoshi is assassinated
• Niimi Nishiki commits seppuku
• Serizawa Kamo is assassinated