1896

Meiji 29 (明治二十九年)

Timeline of 1896

• 1896/2/29 Construction of building of Bank of Japan completed.
• 1896/3/1 Shinpo-to is formed.
• 1896/3/15 First liner to Europe leaves Yokohama port.
• 1896/3/31 Governer-General of Taiwan promulgates Gakko Kansei.
• 1896/4/14 Itagaki Taisuke becomes Secretary General.
• 1896/5/14 Russian minister Weaver and Komura Jutaro sign a memorandom about Chosun.
• 1896/6/6 Kuroda Seiki establishes Hakuba-kai.
• 1896/6/9 Yamagata-Lobanov Agreement
• 1896/6/15 A big flood strikes Sanriku region. Death toll 27000.
• 1896/7/2 Kawakami Otojiro opens Kawakami-za in Kanda.
• 1896/7/21 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and China.
• 1896/9/1 Express train between Shinbashi and Kobe.
• 1896/9/18 Second Matsukata cabinet.
• 1896/11/14 Magazine 26 century banned.

Other Events of 1896

• Okinawan anti-assimilation Kôdôkai organization founded.
• Dysentery and typhoid fever spread.

Births and Deaths of 1896

• 1896/11/13 Kishi Nobusuke, future Prime Minister, born (d. 1987/8/7)
• 1896/11/23 Higuchi Ichiyo dies.