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==Timeline of 1897==
==Timeline of 1897==
*1897/10/12 [[King Gojong]] declares the establishment of the [[Korean Empire]].
*1897/11/1 [[Juye Incident]] in China - Bandits kill two German missionaries, sparking the beginning of a Scramble for Concessions, as Germany (in retaliation), and then Russia, Britain, France, and Japan (seeking to not lose out to Germany), seize territories or otherwise establish [[spheres of influence]] in China.
*1897/11/1 [[Juye Incident]] in China - Bandits kill two German missionaries, sparking the beginning of a Scramble for Concessions, as Germany (in retaliation), and then Russia, Britain, France, and Japan (seeking to not lose out to Germany), seize territories or otherwise establish [[spheres of influence]] in China.
==Other Events of 1897==
==Other Events of 1897==
*Japan switches from a ''de facto'' silver standard to a gold standard.
*[[John La Farge]] publishes his ''[[An Artist's Letters from Japan]]''.
*[[John La Farge]] publishes his ''[[An Artist's Letters from Japan]]''.
*[[Kabuki]] is filmed for the first time.
*[[Kabuki]] is filmed for the first time.
*Former Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] moves to Tokyo.
*Former Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] moves to Tokyo.
*[[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] visits Okinawa for the first time, to investigate local customs.
*[[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] visits Okinawa for the first time, to investigate local customs.
*Second Venice Biennale enforces strict guidelines on what counts as "contemporary pure art." All Japanese art in traditional formats is deemed "applied arts," and is excluded from the exhibition.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Rutherford Alcock]] dies (b. [[1809]]).
*[[Empress Eisho|Empress Dowager Eishô]] dies. Her funeral is the first imperial funeral to be conducted with entirely [[Shinto]] rites, expunged of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] elements.
*[[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]] dies (b. [[1838]]).
*[[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]] dies (b. [[1838]]).
*[[Ishiwata Koitsu|Ishiwata Kôitsu]] is born (d. 1987).
*[[Mutsu Munemitsu]] dies (b. [[1844]]).
*[[Mutsu Munemitsu]] dies (b. [[1844]]).
*[[Nakajima Nobori]] dies (b. [[1838]]).
*[[Nakajima Nobori]] dies (b. [[1838]]).
*''[[Guohua]]'' painter [[Pan Tianshou]] is born (d. 1971).
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