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==Timeline of 1874==

==Timeline of 1874==

*1874/1/17 [[Itagaki Taisuke]], [[Soejima Taneomi]], [[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]], [[Eto Shinpei|Etô Shinpei]], [[Yuri Kimimasa]], and a group of others submit a [[Petition for the Establishment of a Popularly Elected Assembly]]<!--民撰議院設立建白書--> to the [[Meiji government]].

*1874/1/17 [[Itagaki Taisuke]], [[Soejima Taneomi]], [[Goto Shojiro|Gotô Shôjirô]], [[Eto Shinpei|Etô Shinpei]], [[Yuri Kimimasa]], and a group of others submit a [[Petition for the Establishment of a Popularly Elected Assembly]]<!--民撰議院設立建白書--> to the [[Meiji government]].

*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.

*1874/2 The Meiji government decides to send a punitive expedition to Taiwan.

*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - Etô Shinpei leads a ''[[shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.

*1874/5-6 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]].

*1874/5-6 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]].

**1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.

**1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.