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*1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China [[Shishido Tamaki]]<!--宍戸璣--> informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] to be settled.
*1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China [[Shishido Tamaki]]<!--宍戸璣--> informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] to be settled.
*1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
*1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
*1881/3/4 King [[David Kalakaua|David Kalākaua]] of [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]] arrives in [[Yokohama]]. He becomes the first reigning monarch of a foreign country to visit Japan freely (i.e. not as a prisoner). During his 19-day stay in Japan, he meets with [[Emperor Meiji]], proposes Japanese immigration to Hawaii, and suggests a marriage between [[Princess Kaiulani]] and [[Prince Yamashina Sadamaro]] (ultimately, the Japanese reject this latter proposition). [[Nagasaki Seigo]] serves as Kalakaua's interpreter and is later awarded the Royal Order of Kalākaua.
*1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]].
==Other Events of 1881==
==Other Events of 1881==
*The [[Second Domestic Exposition]] is held.
*The [[Second Domestic Exposition]] is held.
*The [[Genyosha|Gen'yôsha]] (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded.
*The [[Genyosha|Gen'yôsha]] (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded.
*The [[Meiji Emperor]] declares he will establish a [[National Diet]] nine years later.
*The [[Meiji Emperor]] declares he will establish a [[National Diet]] nine years later.
*The territory formerly defining [[Obama han]], previously a part of [[Shiga prefecture]], is absorbed into [[Fukui prefecture]].
*The territory formerly defining [[Obama han]], previously a part of [[Shiga prefecture]], is absorbed into [[Fukui prefecture]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1881/3/13 Emperor Alexander II of Russia is killed.
*Painter [[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]] dies (b. [[1827]]).
*Painter [[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]] dies (b. [[1827]]).
*[[Langdon Warner]] is born (d. 1955).
*[[Langdon Warner]] is born (d. 1955).