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==Timeline of 1877== | ==Timeline of 1877== | ||
| + | *1877/3 [[Kochi ueekata|Kôchi ueekata]] and several other Ryukyuan officials who snuck out of [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû]] the previous December arrive in [[Fuzhou]]. | ||
*1877/5 [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] departs the US for Japan. | *1877/5 [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] departs the US for Japan. | ||
| + | *1877/12 [[He Ruzhang]] arrives in Tokyo to serve as the new Resident Diplomatic Minister from China. | ||
===[[Satsuma Rebellion]]=== | ===[[Satsuma Rebellion]]=== | ||
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*[[Tokugawa Iesato]] leaves for England, for study. | *[[Tokugawa Iesato]] leaves for England, for study. | ||
*[[Tottori castle]] is demolished. | *[[Tottori castle]] is demolished. | ||
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===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 20 December 2011
Meiji 10 (明治十年)
Timeline of 1877
- 1877/3 Kôchi ueekata and several other Ryukyuan officials who snuck out of Ryûkyû the previous December arrive in Fuzhou.
- 1877/5 Edward Sylvester Morse departs the US for Japan.
- 1877/12 He Ruzhang arrives in Tokyo to serve as the new Resident Diplomatic Minister from China.
Satsuma Rebellion
- 1877/2/20 Saigô Takamori is declared a rebel by the Meiji government.
- 1877/2/22 Saigô's army attempts to oust the Imperial garrison at Kumamoto castle.
- 1877/4/15 Saigô's siege of Kumamoto castle is lifted.
- The rebels retreat to Kagoshima and are in the end eventually defeated by Imperial forces.
Other Events of 1877
- Felice Beato sells his photography business in Japan to the Austrian photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz and his German partner Hermann Andersen.
- The First Domestic Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyô Hakurankai) is held.
- Nomura Fumio's Marumaru Chinbun is first issued.
- Kôno Bairei becomes head of the Shijô school upon the death of his master Shiokawa Bunrin.
- Kumamoto castle is destroyed.
- Kyoto and Kobe are connected by rail.
- Edward Sylvester Morse is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new Tokyo Imperial University.
- Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan.
- Tanba Kameyama castle is torn down.
- Tokugawa Iesato leaves for England, for study.
- Tottori castle is demolished.
Births and Deaths
- Enomoto Takeaki dies.
- Kazu-no-Miya dies.
- Kido Takayoshi dies.
- Saigô Takamori dies.
- Shijô school head Shiokawa Bunrin dies (b. 1808).
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