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===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
*1908/3/23 [[Durham Stevens]] dies. | *1908/3/23 [[Durham Stevens]] dies. | ||
| + | *[[Empress Dowager Cixi]] dies (b. [[1835]]). | ||
*[[Ernest Fenollosa]] dies (b. [[1853]]). | *[[Ernest Fenollosa]] dies (b. [[1853]]). | ||
*[[Hashimoto Gaho|Hashimoto Gahô]] dies (b. [[1835]]). | *[[Hashimoto Gaho|Hashimoto Gahô]] dies (b. [[1835]]). | ||
Revision as of 02:41, 5 February 2014
Meiji 41 (明治四十一年)
Timeline of 1908
Other Events of 1908
- The second Bunten is held.
- The Colonial Government Museum is established in Taiwan.
- The Hongkou Theatre, the first dedicated movie house in China, is opened in Shanghai by Antonio Ramos.
- Makino Shôzô produces Honnôji Kassen, a recording of a kabuki performance, the first film to be produced in Kyoto.
- Local administrative reforms take place in Okinawa prefecture.
- Puyi ascends to the throne in China.
- A proposal to place Okinawa and Taiwan under the same colonial administration spurs furious protest in Okinawa, and ultimately is not implemented.
Births and Deaths
- 1908/3/23 Durham Stevens dies.
- Empress Dowager Cixi dies (b. 1835).
- Ernest Fenollosa dies (b. 1853).
- Hashimoto Gahô dies (b. 1835).
- Nihonga painter Higashiyama Kaii is born.
- Iwai Tatsumi, 4th Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan), dies (b. 1868).
- Kunikida Doppo dies (b. 1871).
- Historian George McCune is born (d. 1948).
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