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Conflict East Asia

Boshin War

1868 CE – 1869 CE · 1 year

Japanese civil war that destroyed the Tokugawa shogunate and secured the Meiji Restoration, enabling rapid centralization and modernization.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Imperial Japanese forces
  • Tokugawa shogunate and northern domains

Key moments

Defining events in the Boshin War.

  1. 1868 Battle of Toba-Fushimi
  2. 1868 Battle of Ueno
  3. 1869 Battle of Hakodate

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Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1868 CE and 1869 CE.

1868 CE Ten Years' War 1868 CE St Mary's Cathedral 1869 CE Red River Rebellion 1869 CE Suez Canal

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Darwin Landmark · Oceania 1869 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Red River Rebellion Conflict · Americas 1869 CE – 1870 CE Mahatma Gandhi Figure · India / South Africa 1869 CE – 1948 CE Suez Canal Route Trade route · Europe 1869 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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