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*[[Ueda castle]] is demolished.
 
*[[Ueda castle]] is demolished.
 
*The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded.
 
*The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded.
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*A series of prints designed by [[Yoshitoshi]] and depicting various events in the lives of various [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa shoguns]] is released, the first print series to legally depict contemporary events & to depict and identify shoguns by name.
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===

Revision as of 22:04, 25 March 2010

Meiji 7 (明治七年)

Timeline of 1874

  • 1874/2 Saga Rebellion - Shizoku (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
  • 1874/5-6 Saigô Tsugumichi leads the Taiwan Expedition of 1874.
    • 1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.
    • 1874/5/22 Battle of Stone Gate (Sekimon)
    • 1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
    • 1874/6 Fighting ends.
  • 1874/10 Japan and China sign a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity to Japan.

Other Events of 1874

Births and Deaths

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