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*Kumamoto castle is destroyed. | *Kumamoto castle is destroyed. | ||
*Kyoto and Kobe are connected by rail. | *Kyoto and Kobe are connected by rail. | ||
| − | *Edward Sylvester Morse is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new | + | *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. | *Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan. | ||
*[[Tanba Kameyama castle]] is torn down. | *[[Tanba Kameyama castle]] is torn down. | ||
*[[Tokugawa Iesato]] leaves for England, for study. | *[[Tokugawa Iesato]] leaves for England, for study. | ||
| + | *[[Tokyo Imperial University]] is established, with four faculties: a Faculty of Law, one of Medicine, one of Literature, and one of Physical Sciences. | ||
*[[Tottori castle]] is demolished. | *[[Tottori castle]] is demolished. | ||
Revision as of 22:30, 13 November 2013
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 of roughly 42,000 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
- Ainu lands are made the property of the State.
- Felice Beato sells his photography business in Japan to the Austrian photographer Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz and his German partner Hermann Andersen.
- Josiah Conder arrives in Japan.
- 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.
- Tokyo Imperial University is established, with four faculties: a Faculty of Law, one of Medicine, one of Literature, and one of Physical Sciences.
- 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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