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==Timeline of 1872==
==Timeline of 1872==
*1872/10/14 Representatives of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], led by [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]], are informed in [[Tokyo]] of the annexation by Japan of the kingdom as [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]]. The envoys return to [[Okinawa]] and inform King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of this development.
*Meiji 4/12 (January 1872) [[Narahara Shigeru]] and [[Ijichi Sadaka]] lead an Imperial mission to [[Shuri]], to discuss various matters relating to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyuan]] obligations to [[Satsuma han]], and policies Tokyo wishes to implement in the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryukyus]].
*1872/1 Ijichi Sadaka meets with the Ryukyuan regent to discuss administrative policy in the islands, under the new [[Meiji government]].
*1872/5 Officials from Tokyo meet with Ryukyuan officials to discuss economic matters, including the end of the minting of Okinawan coinage (which had been minted in Satsuma up until that point).
*1872/10/14 Representatives of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, led by [[Giwan Choho|Giwan Chôho]], are informed in [[Tokyo]] of the annexation by Japan of the kingdom as [[Ryukyu han|Ryûkyû han]]. The envoys return to [[Okinawa]] and inform King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of this development.
==Other Events of 1872==
==Other Events of 1872==
