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==Timeline of 1878==
==Timeline of 1878==
*1878/8 [[Emperor Meiji]] sets out on a tour of the [[Tokai region|Tôkai]] and [[Hokuriku region]]s.
*1878/8 [[Emperor Meiji]] sets out on a tour of the [[Tokai region|Tôkai]] and [[Hokuriku region]]s.
*1878/5 [[He Ruzhang]], Chinese Resident Diplomatic Minister in Tokyo, recommends to Beijing that strong measures be taken against Japan's efforts to absorb [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû]].
*1878/5 [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] replaces [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]] as [[Minister of the Interior]].
*1878/9/3 He Ruzhang meets with Japanese [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terajima Munenori]] to protest the cutting off of diplomatic relations between China and Ryûkyû.
*1878/9/27 He Ruzhang meets with Terajima again, arguing again against Japan's interference in China-Ryûkyû relations.
*1878/10 Peking protests Tokyo's attempts to end the [[tribute|tributary]] relationship between China and [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
*1878/10 Peking protests Tokyo's attempts to end the [[tribute|tributary]] relationship between China and [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
*1878/11 The ethnic status or identity of the [[Ainu]] is legally stripped away as they are assimilated into the Japanese nation as "''kyû dojin''" (former aborigines).
*1878/11 The ethnic status or identity of the [[Ainu]] is legally stripped away as they are assimilated into the Japanese nation as "''kyû dojin''" (former aborigines).
*1878/12/28 [[Matsuda Michiyuki]], Chief Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, closes the Ryukyuan resident office in Tokyo and expels all Ryukyuan official representatives from the city.
==Other Events of 1878==
==Other Events of 1878==
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1878/5/14 Ôkubo Toshimichi is assassinated (b. [[1830]]).
*[[Kaburagi Kiyokata]] is born (d. 1972).
*[[Kaburagi Kiyokata]] is born (d. 1972).
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