I don't *think* I see this listed in M's list, and I *always* stick up for my Sekihoutai guys. :-D
July 12, 1837 (Tenpo 8) --- Suzuki Mikisaborou (Captain of the 9th Squad, Captain of Sekihoutai 2nd patrol) born
July 11, 1919 (Taisho 8) --- Suzuki dies
October 20, 1828 (Fumimasa?11) --- Shinohara Tainoshin/Taisuke (was a jujutsu instructor in the Shinsengumi, later Sekihoutai member) born
June 13, 1911 (Meiji 44) --- Shinohara dies.
Also, the death date for Saitou Hajime is September 28, 1915 (Taisho 4)
phil
Hirotada Tokugawa <
patriot014@...> wrote:
Shinsengumi dates (as far as I know them, with a great deal of information
from Serizawa-sensei's site)
--M./H.
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January 1, 1844: Saitou Hajime's birthday
January 3, 1868: Battle of Toba-Fushimi
Feb. 23, 1863: Arrival of the Roushigumi in Kyoto.
Feb. 24, 1863: Kiyokawa Hachirou announces that the Roushigumi serves the
Emperor, not the Shogun.
Feb. 28, 1868: Koyochinbutai formed with Kondou as commander.
March 6, 1868: Koyochinbutai fights Ishin army in Katsunuma and loses.
March 10, 1867: Itou faction leaves Shinsengumi
April 1, 1868: Shinsengumi changes HQ from Edo to Nagareyama.
April 3, 1868: Shinsengumi HQ suddenly surrounded by Ishin army. Kondou
captured.
April 4, 1868: Hijikata joins forces with Ootori Keisuke and forms last army
of the Bakufu. Fights Ishin army at Utsunomiya, loses.
April 5th, 1868: Hijikata takes Shinsengumi to Aizu, meets with Matsudaira
Katamori.
April 6th, 1868: Shinsengumi dispatched to aid Bakufu forces in Shirakawa.
Hijikata injured, so Saitou Hajime becomes commander of Shinsengumi.
April 25, 1868: Kondou Isami executed at Itabashi, in Edo.
May 1, 1869: Hijikata leads Shinsengumi retreat to Hakodate.
May 5, 1835: Hijikata Toshizou's birthday
May 11th, 1868: Ishin army makes final assault on Hakodate and Goryokaku.
Hijikata dies of a gunshot wound.
May 30, 1868: Okita Souji dies of tuberculosis, after trying to kill a black
cat.
June 1: Okita Souji's birthday
July 8th, 1864: Ikedaya Affair
July 13th, 1868: Battle of Nagaoka (2nd battle of Boshin War)
July 15th, 1863: Serizawa kills the sumo wrestler in Osaka.
August 21st, 1868: Shinsengumi loses Battle of Bonari Pass.
August 24th, 1868: Start of the siege of Aizu.
Sept. 4, 1868: Saitou's half of the Shinsengumi goes into battle at Aizu,
where nearly every one of them is killed.
Sept. 9, 1834: Kondou Isami's birthday
Sept. 18th, 1863: Serizawa Kamo murdered.
Sept. 20th, 1863: Burial ceremony for Serizawa Kamo at the Maekawa estate.
September 23rd, 1868: Fall of Aizu
Oct. 20th, 1868: Hijikata and the Shinsengumi survivors arrive at Hakodate
in Hokkaido.
Nov. 15, 1867: Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintarou assassinated at Oumi-ya.
(Some said it was Shinsengumi, others say Mimawarigumi because of Imai
Nobuo's forced "confession", but no one knows for sure)
Nov. 18th, 1867: Itou faction annihilated at Aburanokouji.
Dec. 15th, 1868: Hijikata Toshizou appointed Army Minister of the Ezo
Republic.
December 28th, 1863: Noguchi Kenji (last of Serizawa faction) commits
seppuku.
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