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→Other Events of 1899
*[[Kutsuna Korejiro|Kutsuna Korejirô]] founds the [[Kawamata Silk Refining Company]].
*[[Kutsuna Korejiro|Kutsuna Korejirô]] founds the [[Kawamata Silk Refining Company]].
*[[Li Honzhang]] becomes governor-general in [[Guangzhou|Canton]].
*[[Li Honzhang]] becomes governor-general in [[Guangzhou|Canton]].
*The [[Morinaga]] candy company, known in particular for its caramels, is established.
*The [[Okinawa Prefecture Land Reorganization Project]]<!--沖縄県土地整理法--> converts much communal land in Okinawa into private land, and replaces the complex system of taxes formerly paid in various forms (grain, etc.) by farmers to the Ryukyuan royal government with a single monetary land tax paid to the prefectural government.
*The [[Okinawa Prefecture Land Reorganization Project]]<!--沖縄県土地整理法--> converts much communal land in Okinawa into private land, and replaces the complex system of taxes formerly paid in various forms (grain, etc.) by farmers to the Ryukyuan royal government with a single monetary land tax paid to the prefectural government.
*Examples of [[oracle bone]] inscriptions from the [[Shang Dynasty]] are discovered; these were at that time the oldest examples of writing yet discovered.
*Examples of [[oracle bone]] inscriptions from the [[Shang Dynasty]] are discovered; these were at that time the oldest examples of writing yet discovered.
