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==Timeline of 1879==
==Timeline of 1879==
===Visit of Ulysses S. Grant to Japan===
===Visit of Ulysses S. Grant to Japan===
*1879/1/18 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terashima Munenari]] suggests to Prince [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] that Grant should be received as though he were a royal prince. The suggestion gets immediate approval.
*1879/1/18 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terajima Munenori]] suggests to Prince [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] that Grant should be received as though he were a royal prince. The suggestion gets immediate approval.
*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.
*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.
*1879/5/27-31 [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meets with [[Li Hongzhang]] in Tianjin.
*1879/5/27-31 [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meets with [[Li Hongzhang]] in Tianjin.
*1879/8/30 Grant delivers a formal farewell address, the only speech he gave in Japan which was prepared ahead of time.
*1879/8/30 Grant delivers a formal farewell address, the only speech he gave in Japan which was prepared ahead of time.
*1879/9/3 Grant and his party depart Japan aboard the American ship ''City of Tokio''.
*1879/9/3 Grant and his party depart Japan aboard the American ship ''City of Tokio''.
===[[Ryukyu Shobun|Ryûkyû Shobun]]===
*1879/1/25 [[Matsuda Michiyuki]] arrives in [[Naha]].
*1879/1/26 Matsuda presents to [[Prince Nakijin]] a missive from the [[Prime Minister]] reproaching Ryûkyû for breaking the prohibition imposed by Japan on sending diplomatic missions to China, and for obstructing the implementation of Japanese law enforcement and criminal administration in the islands.
*1879/2 Peking urges Tokyo to not annex Ryûkyû as a prefecture.
*1879/3/3 [[Kinashi Seiichiro|Kinashi Seiichirô]] is named Acting Governor of the not yet established [[Okinawa Prefecture]].
*1879/3/8 Matsuda Michiyuki receives an official appointment to return once again to Ryûkyû.
*1879/3/11 Matsuda receives his official orders from the Prime Minister.
*1879/3/12 Matsuda leaves for Ryûkyû aboard a steamship from [[Yokohama]], accompanied by 32 Interior Ministry officers and 160 military police.
*1879/3/25 Matsuda arrives at Naha, having picked up 400 [[Kumamoto Garrison]] soldiers at [[Kagoshima]].
*1879/3/27 Matsuda Michiyuki presents to Prince Nakijin the official order from Tokyo dissolving the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], and annexing its territory into Japan as Okinawa Prefecture. King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] is to be granted the title of Marquis, assimilated into the new Japanese [[kazoku|peerage]], and removed to [[Tokyo]]. Shô Tai is given until March 31 to vacate the castle.
*1879/3/30 Shô Tai departs [[Shuri Castle]], which is immediately occupied by members of the Kumamoto Garrison.
*1879/4 [[Shishido Tamaki]]<!--宍戸璣--> takes up his post as Japanese ambassador to China.
*1879/5/18 [[Nabeshima Naoyoshi]] arrives in Okinawa and becomes the first Governor of the prefecture.
*1879/5/27 Shô Tai departs Ryûkyû for Tokyo along with 96 courtiers.
*1879/6/8 Shô Tai and his party make port in Yokohama.
*1879/6/9 Shô Tai and his party journey to Tokyo.
*1879/6/11 Shô Tai is given an audience with the [[Meiji Emperor]].
*1879/6 Shô Tai informs the Chinese authorities in Tientsin of the abolition of the kingdom and creation of Okinawa Prefecture, and requests Chinese intervention.
*1879/7/8 US Secretary of State William M. Evarts offers that the US will agree to China's request for official US mediation in the Ryûkyû dispute should a similar request be made by Japan; the latter never occurred.
*1879/9/20 China proposes that representatives be appointed in order to enter into negotiations over the issue of sovereignty over Ryûkyû.
*1879/12/1 US President Rutherford B. Hayes mentions the Ryûkyû dispute in Congress.
==Other Events of 1879==
==Other Events of 1879==
