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==Timeline of 1876==
==Timeline of 1876==
*1876/2/27 [[Treaty of Ganghwa]] signed.
*1876/2/27 [[Treaty of Ganghwa]] signed.
*1876/3/28 [[Haito edict|Haitô edict]] - The wearing of swords is banned except for military and police officers.
*1876/3/28 [[Haito edict|Haitô edict]] - The wearing of swords is banned except for military and police officers.
*1876/5/10-11/10 [[Centennial Exposition]] (World's Fair) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*1876/5/10-11/10 [[Centennial Exposition]] (World's Fair) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*1876/8 ''[[The Mikado's Empire]]'', a history of Japan by [[William Griffis]], is published.
*1876/8 ''[[The Mikado's Empire]]'', a history of Japan by [[William Griffis]], is published.
*1876/10/28-11/6 [[Hagi Rebellion]]
*1876/10/28-11/6 [[Hagi Rebellion]]
*1876/11/6 [[Technical Art School]] (''Kôbu bijutsu gakkô'') is founded on the campus of the [[Imperial College of Technology]].
*1876/11/6 [[Technical Art School]] (''Kôbu bijutsu gakkô'') is founded on the campus of the [[Imperial College of Technology]].
===[[Akizuki Rebellion]]===
===[[Akizuki Rebellion]]===
*1876/11/24 Last of the rebels are apprehended.
*1876/11/24 Last of the rebels are apprehended.
*1876/12/03 Rebels are put on trial; two are beheaded, 150 others sentenced to hard labor.
*1876/12/03 Rebels are put on trial; two are beheaded, 150 others sentenced to hard labor.
===[[Ryukyu shobun|Ryûkyû Shobun]]===
*1876/3/24 The Resident Japanese Diplomatic Minister in China requests to meet with Ryukyuan envoys present in Beijing, but is denied by the Chinese authorities.
*1876/3/28 The Japanese mission in China sends by telegraph to [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terajima Munenori]] asking what to do about the Ryukyuan envoys in Beijing; Terajima responds that the [[Ministry of the Interior]] will punish Ryûkyû appropriately, and so to for now let it be.
*1876/5/17 The [[Prime Minister|Prime Minister's]] office informs the Ministry of the Interior that it will be taking over law enforcement (police jurisdiction) in Ryûkyû.
*1876/8/1 Despite Ryukyuan objections, the Ministry of the Interior begins police operations and law enforcement administration in the Ryukyus.
*1876/9/3 Twenty-five soldiers from the first regiment of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]] are based at a new 18,000 ''[[tsubo]]'' barracks established in Kohagura village, outside Naha, the first Japanese military installation to be established in the Ryukyus.
*1876/12 [[Minister of the Interior]] [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]], in an "inquiry" to the [[Prime Minister]], criticizes the Ryukyuan action of sending envoys to Beijing, and suggests the [[Ryukyu Shobun|full abolition of the Ryûkyû Kingdom and annexation of its territory]].
*1876/12/6 [[Kochi ueekata|Kôchi ueekata]] and several other Ryukyuan officials request a ship to sail to [[Iheya Island]] in order to pray there; using this as a pretext, they depart for China, arriving the following March.
==Other Events of 1876==
==Other Events of 1876==
