Events on January 27 in history

Ezo Republic (January 27, 1869)

Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.

The Republic of Ezo (蝦夷共和國, Ezo Kyōwakoku) was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate on the island of Ezo, now known as Hokkaido, at the end of the Bakumatsu period in Japan. It is notable for being the first government to attempt to institute democracy in Japan, though voting was allowed only to the samurai caste. The Republic of Ezo existed for only 5 months before being conquered by the newly established Empire of Japan.

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Events on 1869

6 Mar

Periodic table
Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
28 Apr

First Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
15 May

Susan B. Anthony
Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
17 Nov

Suez Canal
In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
22 Nov

Clipper
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

Events on January 27 in history

Ezo Republic (January 27, 1869)

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Periodic table

First Transcontinental Railroad

Susan B. Anthony

Suez Canal

Clipper