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==Timeline of 1894==
==Timeline of 1894==
*1894/3/9 Extensive formal ceremonies and celebrations are held for the 25th wedding anniversary of the [[Meiji Emperor]] and his Empress.
*1894/10 [[Shiga Shigetaka]] publishes his ''[[Nihon fukei ron|Nihon fûkei ron]]'' ("The Landscape of Japan").
*1894/10 [[Shiga Shigetaka]] publishes his ''[[Nihon fukei ron|Nihon fûkei ron]]'' ("The Landscape of Japan").
*[[Baseball]] is introduced to Okinawa by a group of Okinawa Middle School<!--沖縄中学（現：首里高校）--> students who learned the game at the Third Kyoto High School<!--京都三高（現：京大）--> while on a field trip.
*[[Baseball]] is introduced to Okinawa by a group of Okinawa Middle School<!--沖縄中学（現：首里高校）--> students who learned the game at the Third Kyoto High School<!--京都三高（現：京大）--> while on a field trip.
*The [[California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894]] is held in [[San Francisco]]; the [[Hagiwara Tea Garden]] is built for the occasion.
*The [[California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894]] is held in [[San Francisco]]; the [[Hagiwara Tea Garden]] is built for the occasion.
*The [[Meiji government]] issues Japan's first commemorative postage stamps, in honor of the 25th Imperial wedding anniversary.
*Government contracts for Japanese immigration to [[Hawaii]] end; immigrant laborers now come under the control of private corporations.
*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.
*The first Japanese Buddhist temple in Hawaii is established, on the Big Island.
*Construction is completed on the [[Nara National Museum]].
*Construction is completed on the [[Nara National Museum]].
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] is named Admiral.
*[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] is named Admiral.
*The [[Somayama dispute]]<!--杣山問題--> develops over whether Somayama, on [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], should be public land or private.
*The "Somayama dispute"<!--杣山問題--> develops over whether ''[[somayama]]'' (communal forestland), in [[Okinawa prefecture]], should be public land or private.
*A treaty is concluded between Japan and the United Kingdom, ending [[extraterritoriality]] for British subjects in Japan.
*The decision in the legal case ''[[Wong Kim Ark v. United States]]'' upholds the constitutional rights of citizenship of those born in the United States, regardless of their race.
*The decision in the legal case ''[[Wong Kim Ark v. United States]]'' upholds the constitutional rights of citizenship of those born in the United States, regardless of their race.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Hamada Shoji|Hamada Shôji]] is born (d. 1978).
*[[Hori Tatsunosuke]] dies (b. [[1823]]).
*[[Hori Tatsunosuke]] dies (b. [[1823]]).
*Women's rights activist [[Kato Shizue|Katô (Ishimoto) Shizue]] is born (d. 2001).
*[[Kim Ok-gyun]] is killed.
*[[Kim Ok-gyun]] is killed.
*[[Ranald MacDonald]] dies (b. [[1824]]).
*[[Ranald MacDonald]] dies (b. [[1824]]).
