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==Timeline of 1874==
==Timeline of 1874==
*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
*1874/1/17 [[Itagaki Taisuke]], [[Soejima Taneomi]], [[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]], [[Eto Shinpei|Etô Shinpei]], [[Yuri Kimimasa]], and a group of others submit a [[Petition for the Establishment of a Popularly Elected Assembly]]<!--民撰議院設立建白書--> to the [[Meiji government]].
*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - Etô Shinpei leads a ''[[shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
*1874/2/6 The Meiji government decides to send a punitive expedition to Taiwan.
*1874/5-6 [[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.
**1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.
**1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
**1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
**1874/6 Fighting ends.
**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.
*1874/7/12 At the suggestion of Minister of the Interior [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]] comes under the control of the newly established [[Ministry of the Interior]], and no longer under that of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].
*1874/9/14 Negotiations between China and Japan, to resolve the Taiwan/Ryûkyû situation, begin, mediated by British diplomat [[Sir Thomas Wade]].
*1874/10/31 Japan and China conclude 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 of 500,000 ''[[tael]]s'' to Japan.
*1874/11 Okinawan [[tribute]] mission is dispatched to China, consisting of 180 persons and led by [[Kunjan peechin]].
*1874/12 The Meiji government orders Ryûkyû to send its high officials to Tokyo.
==Other Events of 1874==
==Other Events of 1874==
*[[Akashi castle]] is demolished.
*[[Akashi castle]] is demolished.
*[[Dragon robe]]s are granted to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] by China for the final time.
*Author and educator [[William Griffis]] returns to the United States.
*Author and educator [[William Griffis]] returns to the United States.
*[[Hagi castle]] is torn down.
*[[Merriman Harris]] is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan.
*[[Merriman Harris]] is appointed American Vice-Consul in Japan.
*[[Kabuki]] actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]].
*[[Kabuki]] actor Kawarazaki Sanshô takes the name [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]].
*Artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] returns to Tokyo.
*Artist [[Kobayashi Kiyochika]] returns to Tokyo.
*[[Morioka castle]] is demolished.
*[[Morioka castle]] is demolished.
*[[Obama castle]] is torn down.
*[[Osaka]] and [[Kobe]] are connected by rail.
*Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints".
*Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints".
*[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed.
*[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed.
*[[Tsuyama castle]] is torn down.
*[[Ueda castle]] is demolished.
*[[Ueda castle]] is demolished.
*The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded.
*The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded.
*A series of prints designed by [[Yoshitoshi]] and depicting various events in the lives of various [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] is released, the first print series to legally depict contemporary events & to depict and identify shoguns by name.
*A series of Imperial portraits by Italian oil painter [[Giuseppe Ugolini]] are the first art objects to be officially & voluntarily acquired by the Imperial Household.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Date Yoshikuni]], former ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Sendai han]], dies.
*[[Date Yoshikuni]], former ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Sendai han]], dies.
*[[Hirama Jusuke|Hirama Jûsuke]] of the ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' dies.
*[[Hirama Jusuke|Hirama Jûsuke]] of the ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' dies.
*''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]] is born (d. [[1911]]).
*[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies.
*[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies.
*[[Utagawa Kuniteru II]] dies (b. [[1830]]).
*Winston Churchill is born (d.1965).
*Yi Cheok ([[Emperor Sunjong]] of Korea) is born (d. 1926).
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