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==Timeline of 1873==
==Timeline of 1873==
*1873/1/1 (Jan 1) Gregorian calendar replaces the lunar calendar.
*1873/2/7 An edict is issued explaining that killing in the name of revenge is illegal and that only the government reserves the right to punish murderers (i.e. to exact justice).
*1873/3/3 A group of Ryukyuan officials led by Prince [[Ie Chochoku|Ie Chôchoku]] arrive back in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] after being informed in Tokyo of the [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolition of their kingdom]].
*1873/3/8 Four Japanese seafarers from [[Oda Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]) are robbed and nearly killed by [[Taiwanese aborigines]]. They are rescued by an aborigine chief and return to Japan via [[Shanghai]]; official thanks are sent by the [[Meiji government]] for their safe return.
*1873/5/5 [[Edo castle]] is destroyed in a fire; the Emperor and Empress take up residence at the [[daimyo yashiki|mansion]] of the [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa clan]], which is then designated the [[Kishu Tokugawa Edo mansion|Akasaka Temporary Palace]].
*1873/6 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Soejima Taneomi]] visits Beijing.
*1873/6/21 Japanese Diplomatic Minister in China [[Yanagihara Sakimitsu]], along with Soejima and others, meet with Chinese authorities to discuss the [[Taiwan Incident of 1871]].
*1873/7 [[Urasoe ueekata]], serving as a representative of Ryûkyû, seeks to meet with Soejima but finds he is absent.
*1873/8 [[Yonabaru ueekata]] meets with Foreign Minister Soejima following the latter's return from China. Soejima confirms that authority over internal affairs, as well as diplomatic relations with China, remains in the hands of the [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû government]], and is not determined by the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
*1873/8/27 The Italian Diplomatic Minister resident in Japan, [[Comte Litta]], writes to Soejima requesting that the rights granted to France, Holland, and the US in treaties signed by those countries with the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] be extended to Italians as well. Soejima replies that he must confer with the authorities in Ryûkyû han.
*1873/10/8 A particularly famous and well-known set of [[:Image:Meiji Emperor.jpg|photo portraits]] of [[Emperor Meiji]], the last official photos of the emperor, is taken by photographer [[Uchida Kuichi]].
==Other Events of 1873==
==Other Events of 1873==
*[[Ako castle|Akô castle]] is demolished.
*[[Ako castle|Akô castle]] is demolished.
*[[Amagasaki castle]] is torn down.
*The ban on [[Christianity]] is formally lifted.
*[[Charles de Long]] is succeeded as US Minister to Japan by [[John Bingham]].
*[[Durham Stevens]] is appointed secretary of the [[United States Legation]] in [[Tokyo]].
*[[Durham Stevens]] is appointed secretary of the [[United States Legation]] in [[Tokyo]].
*[[Eta Funayama kofun]] is first excavated.
*[[Imabari castle]] is demolished.
*[[Imabari castle]] is demolished.
*The system of having three licensed [[kabuki]] theatres in Edo (now Tokyo), an arrangement in place since [[1714]], is abolished.
*[[Kameyama castle (Ise)|Kameyama castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kameyama castle (Ise)|Kameyama castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kaminoyama castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kaminoyama castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kanazawa castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kanazawa castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kofu castle|Kôfu castle]] is demolished.
*[[Kofu castle|Kôfu castle]] is demolished.
*Second [[Kyoto Exposition]] of art is held; it is organized for the first time at the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]].
*The [[Land Tax Ordinance of 1873]] provides ''de jure'' property rights to farmers along with tax obligations.
*[[Military conscription]] is established.
*The [[Ministry of the Interior]] is established.
*[[Muslim rebellions]] in southwest China, ongoing since [[1855]], are suppressed.
*[[Okazaki castle]] is demolished.
*[[Okazaki castle]] is demolished.
*The German ship ''Robertson'' is castaway near [[Miyako Island]].
*[[Samurai]] are permitted to commute their stipends into twenty-year bonds.
*[[Seikanron]]: the leaders of the [[Government of Meiji Japan|Imperial government]] are divided over the issue of invading [[Korea]]. [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], along with a number of others opposed to the final decision to not invade, resign from their positions in the government.
*[[Seikanron]]: the leaders of the [[Government of Meiji Japan|Imperial government]] are divided over the issue of invading [[Korea]]. [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], along with a number of others opposed to the final decision to not invade, resign from their positions in the government.
*[[Shibata castle]] is demolished.
*[[Shibata castle]] is demolished.
*[[Soma Kazue]] moves to Tokyo with his wife.
*[[Soma Kazue]] moves to Tokyo with his wife.
*[[Takasaki castle]] is torn down.
*[[Takatori castle]] is torn down.
*[[Usuki castle]] is torn down.
*Japan exhibits at the [[1873 Vienna Exposition]]. This is the first time the [[Meiji government]] participates in a World's Fair.
**The term ''bijutsu'' (fine arts) is first adopted and used.
*[[Yokosuka castle]] is torn down.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*Painter [[Kawai Gyokudo|Kawai Gyokudô]] is born (d. 1957).
*[[Liang Qichao]] is born (d. 1929).
*[[Shimomura Kanzan]] is born (d. 1930).
*Prince [[Sho Jun (1873-1945)|Shô Jun]] (d. 1945) is born.
*Prince [[Sho Jun (1873-1945)|Shô Jun]] (d. 1945) is born.
