1912

Meiji 45 (明治四十五年) / Taishô 1 (大正元年)

Timeline of 1912

• 1912/1/1 Sun Yat-Sen takes the oath of office as the first Provisional President of the Republic of China.
• 1912/2/14 Yuan Shikai is elected Provisional President of the Republic of China.
• 1912/3/27 Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda (wife of the Japanese Ambassador to the US) plant two cherry trees on the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.

Other Events of 1912

• The sixth Bunten is held.
• Emperor Taishô ascends to the throne.
• Karafuto Shrine is established.
• The film "Ôishi Azumakudari" is released.
• A major exhibition of work by the sculptor Rodin is held in Tokyo.
• The Battle of Tsushima Between the Japanese and Russian Fleets, fought on 27th. May 1905 by Commander Vladimir Semenoff is published.
• Publication begins of the katsuji (moveable type) version of Tsûkô ichiran (pub. completed 1913).
• "Mainland" system of democratic participation in electing representatives for the National Diet is extended to Okinawa prefecture.
• Puyi, the last emperor of China, formally abdicates.
• Three thousand twenty cherry trees are shipped from Yokohama to Seattle, and then from there to Washington DC.

Births and Deaths

• 1912/7/30 Emperor Meiji dies (b. 1852).
• General Nogi Maresuke and his wife commit junshi seppuku.
• Historian Nishiyama Matsunosuke is born.

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