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1800's
In 1800, after a long period of peace and prosperity, the Qing dynasty of the Manchus was at the height of its power. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPovbqhG1TA&list=PLE6EE53ECE44CC4D4 -
1853
In March 1853, the rebels seized Nanjing, the sec- ond largest city of the empire, and massacred 25,000 men, women, and children. http://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/opening-to-japan -
1858
As a result of the Treaty of Tianjin in 1858, the Chinese agreed to legalize the opium trade and open new ports to foreign trade. In 1858, U.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a more detailed treaty. http://www.chinaforeignrelations.net/node/206 -
1863
In 1863, the Sat-Cho alliance (from Satsuma-Choshu) forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West. http://prezi.com/1rzjmrtz8glq/satsuma-choshu-alliance/ -
1868
Meiji Restoration begins. In January 1868, their armies attacked the shogun’s palace in Kyoto and proclaimed that the authority of the emperor had been restored. In 1868, the new leaders signed a Charter Oath, in which they promised to create a new legislative assembly within the framework of continued imperial rule. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373305/Meiji-Restoration -
1889
In 1889, the Tokyo School of Fine Arts was established to promote traditional Japanese art. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/598455/Tokyo-Fine-Arts-School -
1904
In 1904, Japan launched a sur-prise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, which Russia had taken from China in 1898. http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/japanâs-attack-port-arthur -
1905
Sun Yat-sen forms RevolutionaryAlliance in China. http://exhibits.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/exhibits/show/1911revolution/tongmenghui -
1907
In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan that later on stopped Japanese immigration to the U.S. http://www.history.com/topics/gentlemens-agreement -
