May 1869


Saturday 01:

The Folies Bergères open in Paris.



Tuesday 04:

The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.



Monday 10:

The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah).



Saturday 15:

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



Tuesday 18:

Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan.



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