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==Timeline of 1881==
 
==Timeline of 1881==
*1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China [[Shishido Tamaki|Shishidô Tamaki]] informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]] to be settled.
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*1881/1 Construction begins on the [[Rokumeikan]].
*1881/1/20 Shishidô departs Peking.
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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.
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*1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
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*1881/1/26 A fire breaks out in the Ryôgoku neighborhood of [[Tokyo]]; it lasts 16 hours, destroying some 10,000 homes, and is the largest fire of the entire [[Meiji period]].
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*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.
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*1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs [[Nagasaki]] for [[Shanghai]].
  
 
==Other Events of 1881==
 
==Other Events of 1881==
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*The [[British Museum]] obtains the art collection of [[William Anderson]], and appoints him curator.
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*The second [[Domestic Industrial Exposition]] is held.
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*The [[General Staff Office]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], a major public building in [[Tokyo]] designed by [[Giovanni Vincenzo Cappelletti]], is completed.
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*The [[Genyosha|Gen'yôsha]] (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded.
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*The [[Meiji Emperor]] declares he will establish a [[National Diet]] nine years later.
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*The Meiji Emperor visits [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]].
 
*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]].
 
*The ''ni-no-maru'' of [[Kanazawa castle]] is destroyed by fire.
 
*The ''ni-no-maru'' of [[Kanazawa castle]] is destroyed by fire.
*The home of artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]], along with his possessions, is destroyed by fire.
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*[[Omura Shigenobu|Ômura Shigenobu]] founds the [[Progressive Party]] (''Kaishintô'').
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*[[Prince Albert]] and his younger brother [[George V|Prince George]] visit Japan.
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*The first Western-style songbook is published in Japan; it contains the original adaptation of "Auld Lang Syne" into ''[[Hotaru no hikari]]''.
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*The [[Tokyo National Museum]] opens in its current location, organized around a two-story brick building designed by [[Josiah Conder]].
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*[[Uesugi Mochinori]] succeeds [[Nabeshima Naoyoshi]] as [[Governor of Okinawa Prefecture]].
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===Births and Deaths===
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*1881/3/13 Emperor Alexander II of Russia is killed.
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*Okinawan scholar [[Higaonna Kanjun]] is born (d. 1963).
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*[[Ie Chojo|Ie Chôjo]]<!--伊江朝助--> is born (d. 1957).
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*Painter [[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]] dies (b. [[1827]]).
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*[[Langdon Warner]] is born (d. 1955).
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 9 June 2017

Meiji 14 (明治十四年)

Timeline of 1881

  • 1881/1 Construction begins on the Rokumeikan.
  • 1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China Shishido Tamaki informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the Ryûkyû Islands to be settled.
  • 1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
  • 1881/1/26 A fire breaks out in the Ryôgoku neighborhood of Tokyo; it lasts 16 hours, destroying some 10,000 homes, and is the largest fire of the entire Meiji period.
  • 1881/3/4 King David Kalākaua of 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

Births and Deaths


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