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Meiji 9 (明治九年)

==Timeline of 1876==
*1876/2/27 [[Treaty of Ganghwa]] signed.
*1876/3/28 [[Haito edict|Haitô edict]] - The wearing of swords is banned except for military and police officers.
*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 [[Shinpuren Incident|Shinpûren Incident]].
*1876/10/28-11/6 [[Hagi Rebellion]]

==Other Events of 1876==
*Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]].
===[[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 [[Myogan-ji|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.

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