1876

Meiji 9 (明治九年)

Timeline of 1876

• 1876/2/27 Treaty of Ganghwa signed.
• 1876/3/24 The Resident Japanese Diplomatic Minister in China requests to meet with Ryukyuan envoys present in Beijing, but is denied by the Chinese authorities.
• 1876/3/28 Haitô edict - The wearing of swords is banned except for military and police officers.
• 1876/3/28 The Japanese mission in China sends by telegraph to Foreign Minister Terajima Munenori asking what to do about the Ryukyuan envoys in Beijing; Terajima responds that the Ministry of the Interior will punish Ryûkyû appropriately, and so to for now let it be.
• 1876/5/10-11/10 Centennial Exposition (World's Fair) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1876/8 The Mikado's Empire, a history of Japan by William Griffis, is published.
• 1876/10/24 Kumamoto castle is attacked in the Shinpûren Incident.
• 1876/10/28-11/6 Hagi Rebellion
• 1876/11/6 Technical Art School (Kôbu bijutsu gakkô) is founded on the campus of the Imperial College of Technology.
• 1876/12 Minister of the Interior Ôkubo Toshimichi, in an "inquiry" to the Prime Minister, criticizes the Ryukyuan action of sending envoys to Beijing, and suggests the full abolition of the Ryûkyû Kingdom and annexation of its territory.

Akizuki Rebellion

• 1876/10/26 Masuda Shizukata arrested trying to drum up rebel support in former Saga han.
• 1876/10/27 Leaders of Shinpûren Incident meet up with disgruntled shizoku retainers of the Akizuki clan. The rebels attack the Myôgan-ji and kill a police officer.
• 1876/10/29 Rebels are attacked by elements of the Imperial Japanese Army under Nogi Maresuke; 17 rebels killed, and two Imperial soldiers.
• 1876/10/31 Seven rebels commit suicide while the remainder raid the city of Akizuki and kill two government officials.
• 1876/11/24 Last of the rebels are apprehended.
• 1876/12/03 Rebels are put on trial; two are beheaded, 150 others sentenced to hard labor.

Other Events of 1876

• Antonio Fontanesi leaves Japan and returns to Italy.
• Émile Guimet journeys to Japan.
• Korean envoys visit Japan for the first time since 1811.
• Obama prefecture is absorbed into Shiga prefecture.
• Japan declares its borders to extend out to include the Ogasawara Islands.
• Shimabara castle is torn down.
• Shuri castle is made the site of the barracks of the Kumamoto Garrison.

Births and Deaths

• 1876/2/20 Ifa Fuyû, father of Okinawan Studies, is born (d. 1947).
• Ryukyuan royal advisor Giwan Chôho (b. 1823) dies.
• Imamura Hyakuhachirô is killed.
• Masuda Shizukata is killed.

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