*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
*1874/2 [[Saga Rebellion]] - ''[[Shizoku]]'' (former samurai) rebellion against the new Meiji government.
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*1874/5 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]].
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*1874/5-6 [[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] leads the [[Taiwan Expedition of 1874]].
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**1874/5/2 The first Japanese ships land on Taiwan.
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**1874/5/22 [[Battle of Stone Gate]] (''Sekimon'')
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**1874/late May Saigô himself arrives in Taiwan.
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**1874/6 Fighting ends.
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*1874/10 Japan and China sign a treaty, in which China recognizes the Ryuykuans as Japanese subjects and admits less than complete sovereign control over some southern regions of Taiwan; China also agrees to pay an indemnity to Japan.