Meiji 4 (明治四年)
Timeline of 1871
- 1871/8/29 Abolition of the han
Other Events of 1871
- Police force formed.
- Taiwan Incident of 1871 - a tribute ship from the Miyako Islands bound for Okinawa is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.
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