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*1912/1/1 [[Sun Yat-Sen]] takes the oath of office as the first Provisional President of the Republic of China.
*1912/1/1 [[Sun Yat-Sen]] takes the oath of office as the first Provisional President of the Republic of China.
*1912/2/14 [[Yuan Shikai]] is elected Provisional President of the Republic of China.
*1912/2/14 [[Yuan Shikai]] is elected Provisional President of the Republic of China.
*1912/3/27 Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda (wife of the Japanese Ambassador to the US) plant two [[sakura|cherry trees]] on the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.
==Other Events of 1912==
==Other Events of 1912==
*Publication begins of the ''katsuji'' (moveable type) version of ''[[Tsuko ichiran|Tsûkô ichiran]]'' (pub. completed 1913).
*Publication begins of the ''katsuji'' (moveable type) version of ''[[Tsuko ichiran|Tsûkô ichiran]]'' (pub. completed 1913).
*"Mainland" system of democratic participation in electing representatives for the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Okinawa prefecture]].
*"Mainland" system of democratic participation in electing representatives for the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Okinawa prefecture]].
*Three thousand twenty cherry trees are shipped from [[Yokohama]] to Seattle, and then from there to Washington DC.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
