Year in Japan
1869 in Japanese History
20 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- May 6 Battle of Miyako Bay 宮古湾海戦 · Battle — naval action on 6 May 1869, part of the overall Battle of Hakodate at the end of the Boshin War
- Mutsu Province 陸奥国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Rikuchū Province 陸中国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Uzen Province 羽前国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Rikuzen Province 陸前国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Mutsu Province 陸奥国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan (established in 1868/69)
- Iwaki Province 磐城国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan (established in 1868/69)
- Ugo Province 羽後国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Iwashiro Province 岩代国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Kōgyo Tsukioka 月岡耕漁 · Painter — Meiji period artist (1869-1927)
- Suiin Emi 江見水蔭 · Writer — Japanese writer (1869–1934)
- Kaho Miyake 三宅花圃 · Writer — Japanese novelist (1869-1943)
- Kenkichi Kagami 各務鎌吉 · Politician — businessman
- Okada Saburosuke 岡田三郎助 · Painter — Japanese painter (1869-1939)
- Naoe Kinoshita 木下尚江 · Journalist — Japanese writer
- Matsudaira Kataharu 松平容大 · Politician — daimyo of the early Meiji period; 11th lord of Aizu (1869–1910)
- Kazue Shōda 勝田主計 · Politician — Japanese politician
- Takio Izawa 伊沢多喜男 · Politician — Japanese politician (1869-1949)
- Takuji Iwasaki 岩崎卓爾 · Historian — Japanese scientist (1869–1937)
- Chōmo Hanashiro 花城長茂 · Politician — Okinawan karateka (1869-1945)
Reading the year 1869 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1869 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 2 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 1869年 (1869ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 19th century for its neighbours.