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*1872/8/12 Prince Ie and Giwan Chôho ''[[ueekata]]'' meet with Emperor Meiji.

*1872/8/12 Prince Ie and Giwan Chôho ''[[ueekata]]'' meet with Emperor Meiji.

*1872/9/23-27 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Soejima Taneomi]] meets with [[Charles DeLong]], US Diplomatic Minister resident in Japan, and with [[Charles LeGendre]], legal and policy advisor to the Meiji government, and is advised that since the Chinese do not exert effective (''de facto'') control over certain sections of [[Taiwan]] - those dominated by aborigines - the territory is essentially ''terra nullius'', and if Japan were to occupy the territory, under Western/modern international law, it could be rightfully Japan's.

*1872/9/23-27 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Soejima Taneomi]] meets with [[Charles DeLong]], US Diplomatic Minister resident in Japan, and with [[Charles LeGendre]], legal and policy advisor to the Meiji government, and is advised that since the Chinese do not exert effective (''de facto'') control over certain sections of [[Taiwan]] - those dominated by aborigines - the territory is essentially ''terra nullius'', and if Japan were to occupy the territory, under Western/modern international law, it could be rightfully Japan's.

*1872/10/14 Representatives of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, led by Giwan Chôho, are informed in [[Tokyo]] of the annexation by Japan of the kingdom as [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]]. The envoys return to [[Okinawa]] and inform King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of this development.

*1872/10/14 Representatives of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, led by Giwan Chôho, are informed in [[Tokyo]] of the annexation by Japan of the kingdom as [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]], and the "promotion" of King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] to "Lord of Ryûkyû han" and a member of the [[kazoku|peerage]]. The envoys return to [[Okinawa]] and inform King Shô Tai of this development.

==Other Events of 1872==

==Other Events of 1872==