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*A mission is sent to Peking from [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû]].
==Timeline of 1877==
==Timeline of 1877==
+*1877/1/24-7/30 The [[Meiji Emperor]] travels to Kyoto and Nara to pay respects at the mausolea of [[Emperor Komei|Emperors Kômei]] and [[Emperor Jimmu|Jimmu]].
+*1877/3 [[Kochi ueekata|Kôchi ueekata]] and several other Ryukyuan officials who snuck out of [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû]] the previous December arrive in [[Fuzhou]].
+*1877/5 [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] departs the US for Japan.
+*1877/12 [[He Ruzhang]] arrives in Tokyo to serve as the new Resident Diplomatic Minister from China.
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===[[Satsuma Rebellion]]===
===[[Satsuma Rebellion]]===
*1877/2/20 [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] is declared a rebel by the [[Meiji government]].
*1877/2/20 [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] is declared a rebel by the [[Meiji government]].
−*1877/2/22 Saigô's army attempts to oust the Imperial garrison at [[Kumamoto castle]].
+*1877/2/22 Saigô's army of roughly 42,000 attempts to oust the Imperial garrison at [[Kumamoto castle]].
−*1877/4/15 Saigô's [[siege of Kumamoto castle]] is lifted.
+*1877/3 Saigô's [[siege of Kumamoto castle]] is lifted.
−*The rebels retreat to [[Kagoshima]] and are in the end eventually defeated by Imperial forces.
+*The rebels retreat to [[Kagoshima]] and are in the end eventually defeated by Imperial forces, who have superior numbers and equipment, if not superior military ability.
+*1877/9/24 [[Battle of Shiroyama]] - Saigô Takamori dies and the Rebellion ends.
+==Other Events of 1877==
==Other Events of 1877==
−*The [[First Domestic Industrial Exposition]] (''Naikoku Kangyô Hakurankai'') is held.
+*[[Ainu]] lands are made the property of the State.
+*[[Felice Beato]] sells his photography business in Japan to the Austrian photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz and his German partner Hermann Andersen.
+*[[Josiah Conder]] arrives in Japan, and starts the architecture division of the ''[[kobu gakko|Kôbu gakkô]]'' (Imperial College of Engineering).
+*The [[Hokkaido Development Commission]] [[Botanical Garden & Museum|Provisional Sapporo Museum]] is established.
+*The first [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] (''Naikoku Kangyô Hakurankai'') is held.
+*The Meiji Emperor performs a [[Six Great Imperial Tours|formal tour]] of parts of eastern [[Tohoku|Tôhoku]]. A continuation of the tour into the [[Tokai region|Tôkai]] and [[Hokuriku region]]s is delayed until the following year on account of the Satsuma Rebellion.
*[[Nomura Fumio]]'s ''[[Marumaru Chinbun]]'' is first issued.
*[[Nomura Fumio]]'s ''[[Marumaru Chinbun]]'' is first issued.
−*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new [[Tokyo Imperial University]].
+*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] becomes head of the [[Shijo school|Shijô school]] upon the death of his master [[Shiokawa Bunrin]].
+*Kumamoto castle is destroyed.
+*Kyoto and Kobe are connected by rail.
+*Edward Sylvester Morse is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new Tokyo Imperial University.
*Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan.
*Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan.
+*Edward Sylvester Morse leads the excavation of the [[Omori shellmound|Ômori shellmound]], the first formal modern archaeological excavation of a site in Japan.
+*[[Muslim rebellions]] in northwest China, ongoing since [[1862]], are finally quelled.
+*One hundred eight men and women from the Philippines are shipwrecked or castaway on [[Ishigaki Island]].
+*An official [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Chinese embassy is established in Tokyo.
+*[[Tanba Kameyama castle]] is torn down.
*[[Tokugawa Iesato]] leaves for England, for study.
*[[Tokugawa Iesato]] leaves for England, for study.
+*[[Tokyo Imperial University]] is established, with four faculties: a Faculty of Law, one of Medicine, one of Literature, and one of Physical Sciences.
*[[Tottori castle]] is demolished.
*[[Tottori castle]] is demolished.
−===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
+*1877/9/24 Saigô Takamori commits suicide. Numerous others also die in the battle of Shiroyama.
+*1877/9/30 Former governor of [[Kagoshima prefecture]] [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi]] is executed.
*[[Enomoto Takeaki]] dies.
*[[Enomoto Takeaki]] dies.
*[[Kazu-no-Miya]] dies.
*[[Kazu-no-Miya]] dies.
*[[Kido Takayoshi]] dies.
*[[Kido Takayoshi]] dies.
−*[[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] dies.
+*Shijô school head Shiokawa Bunrin dies (b. [[1808]]).
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