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| ==Timeline of 1874== | | ==Timeline of 1874== |
− | *1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new 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 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. |
| + | *1874/2/6 The Meiji government decides to send a punitive expedition to Taiwan. |
| *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. |
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| *[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. | | *[[Morioka castle]] is demolished. |
| *[[Obama castle]] is torn down. | | *[[Obama castle]] is torn down. |
| + | *[[Osaka]] and [[Kobe]] are connected by rail. |
| *Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints". | | *Woodblock prints depicting the events of the Taiwan Expedition are the first ''[[shinbun nishiki-e]]'', or "news prints". |
| *[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. | | *[[Tatebayashi castle]] is destroyed. |
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| *The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded. | | *The ''[[Yomiuri Shinbun]]'' is founded. |
| *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. | | *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. |
− | *A series of Imperial portraits by an Italian oil painter are the first art objects to be officially & voluntarily acquired by the Imperial Household. | + | *A series of Imperial portraits by Italian oil painter [[Giuseppe Ugolini]] are the first art objects to be officially & voluntarily acquired by the Imperial Household. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
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| *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]] is born (d. [[1911]]). | | *''[[Nihonga]]'' painter [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]] is born (d. [[1911]]). |
| *[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies. | | *[[Torii Yozo|Torii Yôzô]] dies. |
| + | *[[Utagawa Kuniteru II]] dies (b. [[1830]]). |
| + | *Winston Churchill is born (d.1965). |
| + | *Yi Cheok ([[Emperor Sunjong]] of Korea) is born (d. 1926). |
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