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==Timeline of 1874== | ==Timeline of 1874== | ||
*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government. | *1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government. | ||
| − | *1874/5 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]]. | + | *1874/5-6 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]]. |
| + | **1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan. | ||
| + | **1874/5/22 [[Battle of Stone Gate]] (''Sekimon'') | ||
| + | **1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan. | ||
| + | **1874/6 Fighting ends. | ||
| + | *1874/10 Japan and China sign a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity to Japan. | ||
==Other Events of 1874== | ==Other Events of 1874== | ||
Revision as of 00:20, 15 March 2010
Meiji 7 (明治七年)
Timeline of 1874
- 1874/2 Saga Rebellion - Shizoku (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
- 1874/5-6 Saigô Tsugumichi leads the Taiwan Expedition of 1874.
- 1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.
- 1874/5/22 Battle of Stone Gate (Sekimon)
- 1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
- 1874/6 Fighting ends.
- 1874/10 Japan and China sign a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity to Japan.
Other Events of 1874
- Aizu-Wakamatsu castle is demolished.
- Akashi castle is demolished.
- Author and educator William Griffis returns to the United States.
- Merriman Harris is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan.
- Kabuki actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name Ichikawa Danjûrô IX.
- Kagoshima castle is demolished.
- Artist Kobayashi Kiyochika returns to Tokyo.
- Morioka castle is demolished.
- Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first shinbun nishiki-e, or "news prints".
- Tatebayashi castle is destroyed.
- Ueda castle is demolished.
- The Yomiuri Shinbun is founded.
Births and Deaths
- 1874/12/18 Saitô Ichidakusai dies.
- Date Yoshikuni, former daimyô of Sendai han, dies.
- Hirama Jûsuke of the Rôshigumi dies.
- Torii Yôzô dies.
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