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*1893/3/30 Sekô Kôichi, educator and politician, is born (d. 1965). | *1893/3/30 Sekô Kôichi, educator and politician, is born (d. 1965). | ||
*1893/5/15 Ichikawa Fusae, women's rights activist and politician, is born (d. 1981). | *1893/5/15 Ichikawa Fusae, women's rights activist and politician, is born (d. 1981). | ||
Revision as of 01:47, 27 October 2010
Meiji 26 (明治二十六年)
Timeline of 1893
- 1893/5/1 World's Columbian Exposition, at which Japan exhibits, opens in Chicago.
- 1893/7/11 Technique for artificially culturing pearls is developed by Mikimoto Kôkichi.
- 1893/10/30 World's Columbian Exposition closes.
Other Events of 1893
- Kuroda Seiki returns to Japan from Europe.
- Representatives of the people of the Miyako Islands speak before the Diet, petitioning for the abolition of the poll tax, and for political representation.
- Police in the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, mostly individuals originally from Kagoshima prefecture, who had controlled civil affairs since 1879, turn over such matters to civil authorities.
- Ryûkyû Shimpô, the first newspaper in Okinawa, is founded.
Births and Deaths
- 1893/3/30 Sekô Kôichi, educator and politician, is born (d. 1965).
- 1893/5/15 Ichikawa Fusae, women's rights activist and politician, is born (d. 1981).
- 1893/5/25 Hamada Hirosuke, author of children's stories, is born (d. 1973).
- 1893/6/6 Terajima Munenori, shogunal vassal and Meiji politician, dies (b. 1832).
- 1893/8/12 Ichimada Hisato, politician and businessman, is born (d. 1984).
- 1893/9/8 Tsuboi Seitarô, scientist, is born (d. 1986).
- 1893/11/3 Hayakawa Tokuji, founder of Sharp Corporation, is born (d. 1980).
- 1893/12/5 Kyoto Shugo Shoku Matsudaira Katamori dies (b. 1836).
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