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Emperor Mutsuhito's birth
Emperor Mutsuhito's full name is Meiji Tenno. He was born the second son of Emperor Komei on November 3, 1853. -
Telegraph system establishednin India
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Abraham Lincoln assasinated
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Father dies
Me iji Tenno's father died in 1866 when Tenno was only 14. One year after his fathers death Meiji becomes emperor of Japan. -
Meji Tenno becomes emperor of Japan
Meiji Tenno becomes empeor of Japan at age 15. He was announced as emperor of Japan only a year after his father died. When he became emperor he chose to take the name Emperor Mutsuhito. -
Emperor Mutsuhito took "Charter Oath of Five Principles"
The "Charter Oath of Five Principles" is believed to be at least partially true and genuine. It was signed by Emperor Mutsuhito in 1868 and it helped establish a new government for Japan. -
abolition of Federal Land System
Emperor Mutsuhito got rid of teh federal land system -
Creation of new school system
Emperor Mutsuhito created a new school system to go with the modernization of Japan. -
Meiji Restoration
This restoration brought a fall to the Tokugawa shogunate and returned the rule of the country back to Meiji. It brought modernization amd westernizatiom to Japan. The restorations leaders were mostly young samuri. -
Nikoli A. Telsa constructs electric motor
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Meiji Constitution
A consistution that defined Japan as a moedern nation and deserved respect from the west. -
Van Gogh "Landscape with Cypress Tree" painting
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Russo-Japaneese war
Emperor Mutsuhito played a large rople in thge war as commander-in-chief. The Japanese weon ther war keeping their right to Korea. -
S.S Tiatanic Sinks
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Emperor Mutsuhito dies
Meiji died at age 60 while still ruling over Japan.
