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| ==Timeline of 1894== | | ==Timeline of 1894== |
| + | *1894/3/9 Extensive formal ceremonies and celebrations are held for the 25th wedding anniversary of the [[Meiji Emperor]] and his Empress. |
| *1894/10 [[Shiga Shigetaka]] publishes his ''[[Nihon fukei ron|Nihon fûkei ron]]'' ("The Landscape of Japan"). | | *1894/10 [[Shiga Shigetaka]] publishes his ''[[Nihon fukei ron|Nihon fûkei ron]]'' ("The Landscape of Japan"). |
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| ==Other Events of 1894== | | ==Other Events of 1894== |
| + | *[[Baseball]] is introduced to Okinawa by a group of Okinawa Middle School<!--沖縄中学(現:首里高校)--> students who learned the game at the Third Kyoto High School<!--京都三高(現:京大)--> while on a field trip. |
| + | *The [[California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894]] is held in [[San Francisco]]; the [[Hagiwara Tea Garden]] is built for the occasion. |
| + | *The [[Meiji government]] issues Japan's first commemorative postage stamps, in honor of the 25th Imperial wedding anniversary. |
| + | *Government contracts for Japanese immigration to [[Hawaii]] end; immigrant laborers now come under the control of private corporations. |
| + | *The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Hawaii is established, on the Big Island. |
| + | *[[Kodama Kihachi]], head of Dept of Education in [[Okinawa prefecture]], removes English from the subjects taught in middle schools, declaring that Okinawan students who do not even speak proper [[Japanese]] should not be spending time learning English. |
| *The [[Nanyokan|Nan'yôkan]], the first Western-style wooden building in Okinawa, is completed. | | *The [[Nanyokan|Nan'yôkan]], the first Western-style wooden building in Okinawa, is completed. |
| + | *Construction is completed on the [[Nara National Museum]]. |
| *[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] is named Admiral. | | *[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] is named Admiral. |
− | *The [[Somayama dispute]]<!--杣山問題--> develops over whether Somayama, on [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], should be public land or private. | + | *The "Somayama dispute"<!--杣山問題--> develops over whether ''[[somayama]]'' (communal forestland), in [[Okinawa prefecture]], should be public land or private. |
| + | *A treaty is concluded between Japan and the United Kingdom, ending [[extraterritoriality]] for British subjects in Japan. |
| + | *The decision in the legal case ''[[Wong Kim Ark v. United States]]'' upholds the constitutional rights of citizenship of those born in the United States, regardless of their race. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *[[Hamada Shoji|Hamada Shôji]] is born (d. 1978). |
| + | *[[Hori Tatsunosuke]] dies (b. [[1823]]). |
| + | *Women's rights activist [[Kato Shizue|Katô (Ishimoto) Shizue]] is born (d. 2001). |
| + | *[[Kim Ok-gyun]] is killed. |
| + | *[[Ranald MacDonald]] dies (b. [[1824]]). |
| + | *[[Peking opera]] star [[Mei Lanfang]] is born (d. 1961). |
| *Painter [[Takahashi Yuichi]] dies (b. [[1828]]). | | *Painter [[Takahashi Yuichi]] dies (b. [[1828]]). |
| *[[Taketsuru Masataka]], founder of Nikka Whisky, is born (d. 1979). | | *[[Taketsuru Masataka]], founder of Nikka Whisky, is born (d. 1979). |