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==Other Events of 1893==
==Other Events of 1893==
*[[Kuroda Seiki]] returns to Japan from Europe.
*[[Kuroda Seiki]] returns to Japan from Europe.
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*Representatives of the people of the [[Miyako Islands]] speak before the [[National Diet|Diet]], petitioning for the abolition of the poll tax.
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*Representatives of the people of the [[Miyako Islands]] speak before the [[National Diet|Diet]], petitioning for the abolition of the poll tax, and for political representation.
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*Police in the [[Miyako Islands|Miyako]] and [[Yaeyama Islands]], mostly individuals originally from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], who had controlled civil affairs since [[1879]], turn over such matters to civil authorities.
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*Police in the Miyako and [[Yaeyama Islands]], mostly individuals originally from [[Kagoshima prefecture]], who had controlled civil affairs since [[1879]], turn over such matters to civil authorities.
*''[[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]]'', the first newspaper in Okinawa, is founded.
*''[[Ryukyu Shimpo|Ryûkyû Shimpô]]'', the first newspaper in Okinawa, is founded.