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*Repair efforts are undertaken at [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]]. | *Repair efforts are undertaken at [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]]. | ||
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] becomes [[Minister of the Navy]]. | *[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] becomes [[Minister of the Navy]]. | ||
| − | *The [[Sino-French War]] comes to an end. | + | *The [[Sino-French War]] comes to an end. The Chinese are forced to renounce any claims to Vietnam. |
*Three girls are enrolled in elementary school in Okinawa, setting a precedent for women's education. | *Three girls are enrolled in elementary school in Okinawa, setting a precedent for women's education. | ||
*[[Tsubouchi Shoyo|Tsubouchi Shôyô's]] ''The Essence of the Novel'' is published. | *[[Tsubouchi Shoyo|Tsubouchi Shôyô's]] ''The Essence of the Novel'' is published. | ||
Revision as of 01:58, 5 February 2014
Meiji 18 (明治十八年)
Timeline of 1885
- 1885/2/8 Nine-hundred forty-four Japanese immigrants on board the ship City of Tokio arrive in the Hawaiian Islands.
- 1885/6/17 The Yamashiro Maru delivers 989 Japanese laborers to Hawaii.
Other Events of 1885
- John Bingham is succeeded as US minister to Japan.
- The cabinet system is instituted and Itô Hirobumi is named Prime Minister.
- A conference is held in Tokyo, where revision of the Unequal Treaties is discussed.
- The sixth Exhibition of Old Art includes new works for the first time.
- Government-contracted immigration of Japanese to Hawaii begins.
- Mori Arinori is named Minister of Education.
- Japan exhibits at the 1885 New Orleans World's Fair.
- Repair efforts are undertaken at Nijô castle.
- Saigô Tsugumichi becomes Minister of the Navy.
- The Sino-French War comes to an end. The Chinese are forced to renounce any claims to Vietnam.
- Three girls are enrolled in elementary school in Okinawa, setting a precedent for women's education.
- Tsubouchi Shôyô's The Essence of the Novel is published.
Births and Deaths
- Ulysses S. Grant dies (b. 1822).
- Iwasaki Yatarô of Mitsubishi Trading House dies (b. 1834).
- Art critic Kuroda Hôshin is born (d. 1967).
- Painter Maeda Seison is born (d. 1977).
- Morohashi Tetsuji is born (d. 1984).
- Harry Smith Parkes dies (b. 1828).
- Painter Yorozu Tetsugorô is born (d. 1927).
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