1879
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Timeline of 1879
Other Events of 1879
- Kingdom of Ryûkyû dissolved and annexed into Japan as Okinawa Prefecture. King Shô Tai is granted the title of Marquis, assimilated into the new Japanese peerage, and removed to Tokyo.
Births and Deaths of 1879
- 31 August - Emperor Taishô is born. (d. 1926)
- 2 September - An Jung-geun, future assassin of Itô Hirobumi is born. (d. 1910)