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* 1896/3/1 Shinpo-to is formed.
* 1896/3/1 Shinpo-to is formed.
* 1896/3/15 First liner to Europe leaves Yokohama port.
* 1896/3/15 First liner to Europe leaves Yokohama port.
* 1896/3/31 [[Governer-General of Taiwan]] promulgates Gakko Kansei.
* 1896/3/31 [[Governor-General of Taiwan]] promulgates ''Gakkô Kansei''.
* 1896/4/14 [[Itagaki Taisuke]] becomes Secretary General.
* 1896/4/14 [[Itagaki Taisuke]] becomes Secretary General.
* 1896/5/14 Russian minister Weaver and [[Komura Jutaro]] sign a memorandom about [[Chosun]].
* 1896/5/14 Russian minister Weaver and [[Komura Jutaro]] sign a memorandom about [[Joseon]].
* 1896/6/6 [[Kuroda Seiki]] establishes [[Hakuba-kai]].
* 1896/6/6 [[Kuroda Seiki]] establishes [[Hakuba-kai]].
* 1896/6/9 [[Yamagata-Lobanov Agreement]]
* 1896/6/15 [[1896 Sanriku tsunami|A tsunami strikes ''Sanriku'' region]], killing 22-27,000.
* 1896/7/2 [[Kawakami Otojiro|Kawakami Otojirô]] opens ''Kawakami-za'' in Kanda.
* 1896/7/21 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and China includes stipulations allowing for Japan and Western powers to build factories in treaty ports in China.
* 1896/9/1 Express train between Shinbashi and Kobe.
* 1896/9/18 Second Matsukata cabinet.
* 1896/11/14 Magazine ''[[26 century]]'' banned.
==Other Events of 1896==
==Other Events of 1896==
* Dysentery and typhoid fever spread.
*[[Hamakua Jodo|Hamakua Jôdo]] is established as the first [[Jodo-shu|Jôdo-shû]] temple in Hawaii.
*[[Iha Fuyu|Iha Fuyû]] is expelled from Shuri Middle School for organizing protests against discriminatory policies and attitudes. He travels to the Japanese "mainland."
*[[Li Hongzhang]] visits New York. Signs for "chop suey" appear in windows of New York restaurants for the first time, advertising it as Li's favorite food.
*[[Okinawa]]n anti-assimilation ''[[Kodokai|Kôdôkai]]'' organization founded.
*[[Okinawa]]n anti-assimilation ''[[Kodokai|Kôdôkai]]'' organization founded.
*The [[Kumamoto Garrison]] vacates [[Shuri castle]].
*A [[yoga|Western painting]] section is established at the [[Tokyo School of Fine Arts]]. [[Kuroda Seiki]] is named director of that section.
*Kuroda Seiki, [[Kume Keiichiro|Kume Keiichirô]] and others found the ''[[Hakubakai]]'' (White Horse Society), which quickly overtakes the [[Meiji Art Society]].
*''[[Nihon Kaiga Kyokai|Nihon Kaiga Kyôkai]]'' ("Japan Painting Association") is founded by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]] and [[Ernest Fenollosa]].
*The first All-Hawaii [[sumo]] competition is held.
*''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Yamaguchi Tatsukichi]] begins teaching at the Okinawa Prefectural Normal School; he is the first Japanese to come to Okinawa to teach art.
===Births and Deaths of 1896===
===Births and Deaths===
*1896/11/13 [[Kishi Nobusuke]], future [[Prime Minister]], born (d. 1987/8/7)
*1896/11/13 [[Kishi Nobusuke]], future [[Prime Minister]], born (d. 1987/8/7)
*1896/11/23 [[Higuchi Ichiyo]] dies.
*[[Makimura Masanao]] of [[Nagato han|Chôshû]] dies (b. [[1834]]).
*[[Rita Taketsuru|Rita Cowan]] is born (d. 1961).
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