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 1392–1897ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912JapanMeiji era 1868–1912United StatesUnited States 1776–
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 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。
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 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
  • 도금 시대
  • 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