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*[[Fukuchiyama castle]] is destroyed.
 
*[[Fukuchiyama castle]] is destroyed.
 
*[[Karatsu castle]] is destroyed.
 
*[[Karatsu castle]] is destroyed.
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*Yanagiwara Sakimitsu, a Japanese official in Shanghai, reports back to Japan about the [[Taiwan Incident of 1871]], in which 54 Ryuykuans were killed by Taiwanese aborigines.
 
*The Kingdom of Ryûkyû is released from its vassal status under [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (formerly [[Satsuma han]]), and comes under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], and then under the [[Ministry of the Interior]].
 
*The Kingdom of Ryûkyû is released from its vassal status under [[Kagoshima prefecture]] (formerly [[Satsuma han]]), and comes under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], and then under the [[Ministry of the Interior]].
 
*[[Koki|Kôki]] calendar system, counting years from the mythical ascension of [[Emperor Jimmu]] in 660 BCE, is established.
 
*[[Koki|Kôki]] calendar system, counting years from the mythical ascension of [[Emperor Jimmu]] in 660 BCE, is established.

Revision as of 20:27, 14 March 2010

Meiji 5 (明治五年)

Timeline of 1872

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