WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1869
Find out what all happened January to May 1869

The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising. (24. March 1869)

National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C. (13. January 1869)

Woman's suffrage: in New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. (15. May 1869)

Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War. (17. May 1869)

Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō. (27. January 1869)

The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike. (10. May 1869)

Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched. (28. April 1869)

The Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay is fought in Japan. (4. May 1869)

The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. (5. February 1869)

Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. (6. March 1869)

Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (26. May 1869)

Celluloid is patented. (6. April 1869)

The Folies Bergère opens in Paris. (1. May 1869)