Meiji 31 (明治三十一年)
Timeline of 1898
- 1898/1/20 Gensuifu codes
- 1898/1/22 Total solar eclipse.
- 1898/2/10 Tomioka silk mill laborers strike.
- 1898/2/24 Nippon Railway laborers strike.
- 1898/4/25 Nishi-Rosen Agreement
- 1898/6/30 Okuma Shigenobu ministry.
- 1898/7 The United States annexes the Hawaiian Islands.
- 1898/8/1 Toyoda Sakichi gets patent for his weaving machine.
- 1898/9/21 A coup in China returns the Empress Dowager Cixi to power. The Guangxu Emperor is confined in seclusion, Kang Youwei flees into exile, and a number of his associates are gathered up and executed, becoming the "Six Martyrs." The government turns dramatically from radical reformist to conservative reactionist attitudes & policies.
- 1898/10/15 Nihon Kaiga Kyôkai (Japan Painting Association) becomes the Nihon Bijutsu-in (Japan Art Institute).
- 1898/10/31 Okuma ministry resigns.
- 1898/11/5 Yamagata Aritomo assumes office as Prime Minister for the second time.
- 1898/12 The Treaty of Paris grants the US control of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico; Cuba gains independence.
- 1898/12/18 Saigô Takamori statue in Ueno unveiling ceremony.
Other Events of 1898
- Leap years are established in Japan.
- The Guangxu Emperor launches the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
- Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Japan.
- Merriman Harris is awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class.
- Military conscription is implemented in Okinawa prefecture.
- Russia secures lease to Port Arthur on the Liaodong Peninsula, providing it a warm-water port in the East.
- Saigô Tsugumichi becomes fleet admiral.
Births and Deaths
- 1898/3/21 Painter Nakamura Daizaburô is born (d. 1947).
- Edoardo Chiossone dies (b. 1833).
- Shin hanga artist Ito Shinsui is born (d. 1972).
- John Manjirô dies (d. 1827).
- The Taewongun dies (b. 1821).
- Yamakawa Hiroshi dies (b. 1845).
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