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| *1876/11/24 Last of the rebels are apprehended. | | *1876/11/24 Last of the rebels are apprehended. |
| *1876/12/03 Rebels are put on trial; two are beheaded, 150 others sentenced to hard labor. | | *1876/12/03 Rebels are put on trial; two are beheaded, 150 others sentenced to hard labor. |
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| + | *1876/3/24 The Resident Japanese Diplomatic Minister in China requests to meet with Ryukyuan envoys present in Beijing, but is denied by the Chinese authorities. |
| + | *1876/3/28 The Japanese mission in China sends by telegraph to [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terajima Munenori]] asking what to do about the Ryukyuan envoys in Beijing; Terajima responds that the [[Ministry of the Interior]] will punish Ryûkyû appropriately, and so to for now let it be. |
| + | *1876/5/17 The [[Prime Minister|Prime Minister's]] office informs the Ministry of the Interior that it will be taking over law enforcement (police jurisdiction) in Ryûkyû. |
| + | *1876/8/1 Despite Ryukyuan objections, the Ministry of the Interior begins police operations and law enforcement administration in the Ryukyus. |
| + | *1876/9/3 Twenty-five soldiers from the first regiment of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]] are based at a new 18,000 ''[[tsubo]]'' barracks established in Kohagura village, outside Naha, the first Japanese military installation to be established in the Ryukyus. |
| + | *1876/12 [[Minister of the Interior]] [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], in an "inquiry" to the [[Prime Minister]], criticizes the Ryukyuan action of sending envoys to Beijing, and suggests the [[Ryukyu Shobun|full abolition of the Ryûkyû Kingdom and annexation of its territory]]. |
| + | *1876/12/6 [[Kochi ueekata|Kôchi ueekata]] and several other Ryukyuan officials request a ship to sail to [[Iheya Island]] in order to pray there; using this as a pretext, they depart for China, arriving the following March. |
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| ==Other Events of 1876== | | ==Other Events of 1876== |
| *[[Antonio Fontanesi]] leaves Japan and returns to Italy. | | *[[Antonio Fontanesi]] leaves Japan and returns to Italy. |
| + | *[[Emile Guimet|Émile Guimet]] journeys to Japan. |
| + | *Korean envoys visit Japan for the first time since [[1811]]. |
| *Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]]. | | *Obama prefecture is absorbed into [[Shiga prefecture]]. |
| + | *Japan declares its borders to extend out to include the [[Ogasawara Islands]]. |
| + | *The railroad link between [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] is extended to [[Kyoto]]. |
| + | *[[Samurai]] are required to convert their stipends into twenty-year bonds. Combined with the Haitô edict, this represents the final step in the abolition of the samurai class, and of its hereditary privileges. |
| + | *[[Shimabara castle]] is torn down. |
| + | *[[Shuri castle]] is made the site of the barracks of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]]. |
| + | *The first woodblock print to depict the Emperor's person in a not entirely imaginary manner is published. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1876/2/20 [[Ifa Fuyu|Ifa Fuyû]], father of Okinawan Studies, is born (d. 1947). |
| + | *Weaver [[Date Yasuke IV]] dies (b. [[1813]]). |
| *Ryukyuan royal advisor [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] (b. [[1823]]) dies. | | *Ryukyuan royal advisor [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]] (b. [[1823]]) dies. |
| *[[Imamura Hyakuhachirô]] is killed. | | *[[Imamura Hyakuhachirô]] is killed. |
| *Masuda Shizukata is killed. | | *Masuda Shizukata is killed. |
| + | *''[[Shin hanga]]'' artist [[Yoshida Hiroshi]] is born (d. 1950). |
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