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==Timeline of 1874==
==Timeline of 1874==
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*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
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*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]].
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*1874/2 The Meiji government decides to send a punitive expedition to Taiwan.
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*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - Etô Shinpei leads a ''[[shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
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*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.
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*''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]] is born (d. [[1911]]).
*''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]] is born (d. [[1911]]).
*[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies.
*[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies.
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*[[Utagawa Kuniteru II]] dies (b. [[1830]]).
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*Winston Churchill is born (d.1965).
*Yi Cheok ([[Emperor Sunjong]] of Korea) is born (d. 1926).
*Yi Cheok ([[Emperor Sunjong]] of Korea) is born (d. 1926).