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| ==Timeline of 1874== | | ==Timeline of 1874== |
− | *[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]]. | + | *1874/1/17 [[Itagaki Taisuke]], [[Soejima Taneomi]], [[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]], [[Eto Shinpei|Etô Shinpei]], [[Yuri Kimimasa]], and a group of others submit a [[Petition for the Establishment of a Popularly Elected Assembly]]<!--民撰議院設立建白書--> to the [[Meiji government]]. |
| + | *1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - Etô Shinpei leads a ''[[shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government. |
| + | *1874/2/6 The Meiji government decides to send a punitive expedition to Taiwan. |
| + | *1874/5-6 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]]. |
| + | **1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan. |
| + | **1874/5/22 [[Battle of Stone Gate]] (''Sekimon'') |
| + | **1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan. |
| + | **1874/6 Fighting ends. |
| + | *1874/7/12 At the suggestion of Minister of the Interior [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] comes under the control of the newly established [[Ministry of the Interior]], and no longer under that of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]. |
| + | *1874/9/14 Negotiations between China and Japan, to resolve the Taiwan/Ryûkyû situation, begin, mediated by British diplomat [[Sir Thomas Wade]]. |
| + | *1874/10/31 Japan and China conclude a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity of 500,000 ''[[tael]]s'' to Japan. |
| + | *1874/11 Okinawan [[tribute]] mission is dispatched to China, consisting of 180 persons and led by [[Kunjan peechin]]. |
| + | *1874/12 The Meiji government orders Ryûkyû to send its high officials to Tokyo. |
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| ==Other Events of 1874== | | ==Other Events of 1874== |
− | *[[Aizu-Wakamatsu castle]] is demolished.
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| *[[Akashi castle]] is demolished. | | *[[Akashi castle]] is demolished. |
| + | *[[Dragon robe]]s are granted to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] by China for the final time. |
| *Author and educator [[William Griffis]] returns to the United States. | | *Author and educator [[William Griffis]] returns to the United States. |
| + | *[[Hagi castle]] is torn down. |
| *[[Merriman Harris]] is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan. | | *[[Merriman Harris]] is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan. |
| *[[Kabuki]] actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]]. | | *[[Kabuki]] actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]]. |
| *[[Kagoshima castle]] is demolished. | | *[[Kagoshima castle]] is demolished. |
| + | *Artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] returns to Tokyo. |
| *[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. | | *[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. |
| + | *[[Obama castle]] is torn down. |
| + | *[[Osaka]] and [[Kobe]] are connected by rail. |
| + | *Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints". |
| *[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. | | *[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. |
| + | *[[Tsuyama castle]] is torn down. |
| *[[Ueda castle]] is demolished. | | *[[Ueda castle]] is demolished. |
| + | *The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded. |
| + | *A series of prints designed by [[Yoshitoshi]] and depicting various events in the lives of various [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] is released, the first print series to legally depict contemporary events & to depict and identify shoguns by name. |
| + | *A series of Imperial portraits by Italian oil painter [[Giuseppe Ugolini]] are the first art objects to be officially & voluntarily acquired by the Imperial Household. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
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| *[[Date Yoshikuni]], former ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Sendai han]], dies. | | *[[Date Yoshikuni]], former ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Sendai han]], dies. |
| *[[Hirama Jusuke|Hirama Jûsuke]] of the ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' dies. | | *[[Hirama Jusuke|Hirama Jûsuke]] of the ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' dies. |
| + | *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]] is born (d. [[1911]]). |
| *[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies. | | *[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies. |
| + | *[[Utagawa Kuniteru II]] dies (b. [[1830]]). |
| + | *Winston Churchill is born (d.1965). |
| + | *Yi Cheok ([[Emperor Sunjong]] of Korea) is born (d. 1926). |
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