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==Timeline of 1906== | ==Timeline of 1906== | ||
| − | *1906/1/7 The first Saionji | + | *1906/1/7 The first Saionji administration. |
*1906/2/1 [[Japanese Resident-General of Korea]] opens. | *1906/2/1 [[Japanese Resident-General of Korea]] opens. | ||
*1906/2/24 The first [[Japan Socialist Party]] rally. | *1906/2/24 The first [[Japan Socialist Party]] rally. | ||
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*[[Natsume Soseki|Natsume Sôseki's]] ''Botchan'' is published. | *[[Natsume Soseki|Natsume Sôseki's]] ''Botchan'' is published. | ||
*[[Okinawan emigration to Hawaii]] peaks, with 4,467 people leaving Okinawa and/or arriving in Hawaii this year. | *[[Okinawan emigration to Hawaii]] peaks, with 4,467 people leaving Okinawa and/or arriving in Hawaii this year. | ||
| + | *[[Prince Arthur (1883-1938)|Prince Arthur]] visits Japan to officially confer the Order of the Garter upon the [[Meiji Emperor]], on behalf of [[King Edward VII]]. | ||
*The first public [[libraries|library]] in Okinawa opens in [[Nago]]. | *The first public [[libraries|library]] in Okinawa opens in [[Nago]]. | ||
*The first public museum in China opens in Nantong. | *The first public museum in China opens in Nantong. | ||
Revision as of 21:31, 12 June 2014
Meiji 39 (明治三十九年)
Timeline of 1906
- 1906/1/7 The first Saionji administration.
- 1906/2/1 Japanese Resident-General of Korea opens.
- 1906/2/24 The first Japan Socialist Party rally.
- 1906/3/20 Imperial Library opens.
- 1906/3/25 Shimazaki Tôson publishes Hakai.
- 1906/5/1 Japanese consulate opens in Andong, Manchuria.
- 1906/5/9 Kita Ikki publishes The Theory of Japan's National Polity and Pure Socialism.
- 1906/6/1 Cession of Southern Karafuto from Russia.(Portsmouth Treaty)
- 1906/6 Japan is given rights in the South Manchuria Railway Company.
- 1906/8/18 Laborers strike at Kure Naval Arsenal.
- 1906/10 Yamagata Aritomo Imperial defence policy plan.
Other Events of 1906
- Benkyôdô Candy Factory opens in San Francisco.
- Makino Nobuaki becomes Minister of Education.
- Okakura Kakuzô's The Book of Tea is published.
- Dai-Nihon-shi, begun by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in 1657, is completed.
- Kondô Yoshisuke publishes Shinsengumi ôji jissen dansho.
- Natsume Sôseki's Botchan is published.
- Okinawan emigration to Hawaii peaks, with 4,467 people leaving Okinawa and/or arriving in Hawaii this year.
- Prince Arthur visits Japan to officially confer the Order of the Garter upon the Meiji Emperor, on behalf of King Edward VII.
- The first public library in Okinawa opens in Nago.
- The first public museum in China opens in Nantong.
- Pope Pius X asks the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to establish a university in Japan. (Sophia University opens in 1913.)
- Ryûkyû Shimpô becomes a daily newspaper.
- A restoration/renovation project is begun on the Great Buddha Hall at Tôdai-ji, which is completed in 1913.
- Kôjirô Tomita arrives in the US.
- The city of San Francisco eliminates Japanese children from public schools.
- San Francisco Earthquake destroys many public records, creating the opportunity for Chinese "paper sons" (i.e. Chinese attempting to immigrate to the US with false documentation).
Births and Deaths
- British book collector Frank Hawley is born (d. 1961).
- Art dealer Hayashi Tadamasa dies (b. 1853).
- Kodama Gentarô, 4th Governor-General of Taiwan, dies (b. 1852).
- Artist Kubota Beisen dies (b. 1852).
- Puyi is born (d. 1967).
- Scholar Shunzô Sakamaki is born (d. 1973).
- Artist Yamamoto Hôsui dies (b. 1850).
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