Japan

By D_Lekayee

  • 1800

    1800
    the Qing dynasty of the Manchus was at the height of its power.

  • 1853

    1853
    In March 1853, the rebels seized Nanjing, the sec- ond largest city of the empire, and massacred 25,000 men, women, and children

  • 1858

    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.

  • 1863

    1863
    the Sat-Cho alliance (from Satsuma-Choshu) forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West.

  • 1868

    1868
    n 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.

  • 1889

    1889
    Traditional values were also given a firm legal basis in the 1889 constitution, which limited the right to vote to men.

  • 1904

    1904
    Born in 1904, Ba Jin was well attuned to the rigors and expected obedience of Chinese family life.

  • 1905

    1905
    After their defeat, the Russians agreed to a humiliating peace in 1905.

  • 1907

    1907
    In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan that essentially stopped Japanese immigration to the United States.

  • 1910

    In 1910, Japan annexed Korea outright.