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*[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] retires from the police force and begins working at schools. | *[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] retires from the police force and begins working at schools. | ||
*Opening of the first commercial theatre in Okinawa, the [[Nakamo Engeijo|Nakamô Engeijô]]. | *Opening of the first commercial theatre in Okinawa, the [[Nakamo Engeijo|Nakamô Engeijô]]. | ||
| + | *Construction begins on the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] (completed [[1903]]). | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 00:54, 14 November 2013
Meiji 24 (明治二十四年)
Timeline of 1891
Other Events of 1891
- Bunkio Matsuki returns to Japan for the first time after leaving in 1888.
- Kume Kunitake writes his essay on why "Taiheiki Has No Value for Historians."
- Saitô Hajime retires from the police force and begins working at schools.
- Opening of the first commercial theatre in Okinawa, the Nakamô Engeijô.
- Construction begins on the Trans-Siberian Railway (completed 1903).
Births and Deaths
- Arai Tadao of the Shinsengumi dies (b. 1835).
- Painter Kanô Eitoku Tatsunobu dies (b. 1814).
- Yôga painter Kishida Ryûsei is born (d. 1929).
- Kôchi Chôjô dies.
- Oda Nobumichi, daimyô of Tendô han, dies (b. 1819).
- Sôsaku hanga artist Onchi Kôshirô is born (d. 1955).
- Sanjô Sanetomi dies (b. 1837).
- Shibata Zeshin dies (b. 1807).
- Nihonga painter Suzuki Hyakunen dies (b. 1825).
- English illustrator Charles Wirgman dies (b. 1832?).
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