1870
1870 — China: June — Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed / United States: 도금 시대
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| KoreaJoseon 1392–1897 | ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912 | JapanMeiji era 1868–1912 | United StatesUnited States 1776– |
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- 1868오페르트 도굴 사건이 일어남
- 1869Famine in northern Korea that causes Koreans to flee to Russia.
- 1871Battle of Ganghwa
- 1871신미양요 일어남, 전국에 척화비 건립
| - June — Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed.
- Battle of Ürümqi
- 1868Yangzhou riot
- 1868Nian Rebellion
- 1871December — Mudan incident: A Ryukyuan tributary ship crashes off the southern coast of Taiwan
- 1871Li Hongzhang was appointed Viceroy of Zhili.
- 1872July — Mudan incident: The survivors of the Ryukyuan shipwreck who survive a massacre by Taiwanese indigenous peoples find shelter among Han Chinese locals and are shipped home from mainland China
- 1872太平天國最後一支軍隊覆滅。
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- 1868Boshin War was fought between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.
- 1868Battle of Toba–Fushimi
- 1868Battle of Ueno
- 1868Battle of Awa
- 1868Battle of Aizu
- 1868Battle of Hakodate
- 1868Battle of Utsunomiya Castle
- 1868Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma
- 1868Battle of Hokuetsu
- 1868Battle of Bonari Pass
- 1868Battle of Noheji
- 1868Battle of Hatchōoki
- 1868江戸開城(江戸城無血開城)
- 1868이치카와·후나바시 전쟁
- 1868January — Meiji Restoration restored practical abilities and the political system under Emperor Meiji. This ended the Tokugawa Shogunate.
- 1868秋田戦争
- 1869戊辰戦争
- 1869May — Emperor Meiji moved his residence from Kyoto to Tokyo. Edo castle became the Imperial Palace. This made Tokyo the formal capital of Japan.
- 1869The city of Edo was formally renamed to Tokyo ("eastern capital"). The city of Tokyo was officially established.
- 1871Abolition of Han system, being replaced by a system of Japanese prefectures.
- 18721872 Hamada earthquake
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- Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia are readmitted to the union
- Marias Massacre
- First graduate programs (at Yale and Harvard)
- 15th Amendment
- Black Codes
- 1868Battle of the Washita River
- 1868Grito de Lares
- 18681868 Hawaii earthquake
- 1868Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama are admitted back into the union.
- 1868Ulysses S. Grant is elected president and Schuyler Colfax is elected vice president.
- 1868Battle of Beecher Island
- 1868Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, acquitted by the Senate by one vote.
- 1868Battle of El Pepino
- 1868Camilla massacre
- 1868March 4, 1869 – Grant becomes the 18th president and Colfax becomes the 17th vice president.
- 1868The Copperheads are dissolved.
- 1868Fourteenth Amendment is ratified; second of Reconstruction Amendments.
- 1868Boss Tweed gained control of Tammany Hall.
- 1869Texas v. White upholds Radical Reconstruction and states that once Texas joins the Union, its union was indissoluble.
- 1869The First transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory.
- 1869Battle of Summit Springs
- 1871Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada
- 1871Great Chicago Fire
- 1871The New York Times published evidence of Tweed's rampant greed.
- 1871Treaty of Washington
- 1871Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
- 1871Ku Klux Klan Act
- 1871Camp Grant massacre
- 1871Battle of Blanco Canyon
- 1871Warren Wagon Train raid
- 1871Civil Service Reform Act passes
- 1872Yellowstone National Park created
- 1872Modoc War
- 1872U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant reelected president; Henry Wilson elected vice president
- 18721872 Owens Valley earthquake
- 1872Crédit Mobilier scandal
- 1872Alabama Claims
- 18721872 North Cascades earthquake
- 1872Battle of Lost River
- 1872Battle of Salt River Canyon
- 1872Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
- 1872Victoria Claflin Woodhull, first woman presidential candidate, enters presidential race.
- 1872Amnesty Act
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