1894

Meiji 27 (明治二十七年)

Timeline of 1894

• 1894/10 Shiga Shigetaka publishes his Nihon fûkei ron ("The Landscape of Japan").

Sino-Japanese War

• 1894/7 Battle of Seonghwan
• 1894/8/1 Japan officially declares war on China.
• 1894/9 Emperor Meiji takes up temporary residence at Hiroshima.
• 1894/9/15 Japanese First Army (17,000 troops) attacks Pingyang.
• 1894/9/16 Japanese seize and occupy Pingyang. Chinese retreat across the Yalu River.
• 1894/9/17 Battle of the Yalu River - first naval battle in history between steamship fleets.
• 1894/11/6-21 Battle of Lushunkou (Port Arthur)

Other Events of 1894

• The California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 is held in San Francisco; the Hagiwara Tea Garden is built for the occasion.
• Government contracts for Japanese immigration to Hawaii end; immigrant laborers now come under the control of private corporations.
• The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Hawaii is established, on the Big Island.
• Kodama Kihachi, head of Dept of Education in Okinawa prefecture, removes English from the subjects taught in middle schools, declaring that Okinawan students who do not even speak proper Japanese should not be spending time learning English.
• The Nan'yôkan, the first Western-style wooden building in Okinawa, is completed.
• Construction is completed on the Nara National Museum.
• Saigô Tsugumichi is named Admiral.
• The Somayama dispute develops over whether Somayama, on Okinawa, should be public land or private.

Births and Deaths

• Hori Tatsunosuke dies (b. 1823).
• Peking opera star Mei Lanfang is born (d. 1961).
• Painter Takahashi Yuichi dies (b. 1828).
• Taketsuru Masataka, founder of Nikka Whisky, is born (d. 1979).

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