1877

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Meiji 10 (明治十年)

Timeline of 1877

Satsuma Rebellion

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, and starts the architecture division of the Kôbu gakkô (Imperial College of Engineering).
  • 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.
  • An official Qing Chinese embassy is established in Tokyo.
  • 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.

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