Japan - Major events

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  • Period: 1274 to 1281

    The Mongo Empire launched attacks against Japan

    Attacks were unsuccessful
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    Meiji Emperor

    The Meiji Emperor of Japan reigned

  • Japan-Korean Treaty of Amity

    • Korea was no longer a tributary state to China
    • Japanese citizens could not be arrested or tried in Korean courts
    • Korea could not impose any restrictions on Japanese trade
    • Japan was allowed the use of three ports for its exports

  • Japan overthrows Korea's government

    A counter-coup was launched against this new government and supported by Chinese troops

  • Britain took control of a Korean port city

  • Constitution

    The Meiji Emperor declared Japan's constitution, the first such legal document for the country, in 1889

  • Peasant revolt against Korean government

    In response to the presence of Japan in the country's affairs

  • China declares war on Japan

    Qing Dynasty declares war on Japan in August

  • Chinese troops have been driven out of Korea and Japan began the invasion of Manchuria

  • Japanese forces captured Port Arthur

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    First Sino-Japanese War

    Increasing tensions between Japan and the Qing Dynasty of China

  • Japan installed a government in Korea

    Japan assassinated the main opposition leader, Empress Myeongseong, in 1895

  • Treaty of Shimonoseki

    -Granted Korea full independence from China
    - Gave Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan
    - required China to pay a large indemnity to Japan, approximately 13,600 tons of silver
    - allowed Japanese ships to operate ships on the Yangtze River, and to have factories in four Chinese ports that would now be completely open to Japanese imports

  • Japan seized the port of Weihaiwei

    Followed by the capturing of Islands off Taiwan

  • Russian control of the Liaodong Peninsula and Port Arthur

    Revealed that Japan needed more development if it was to protect itself and its interests from European states

  • Taiwan declared itself the Republic of Formosa

    Lead to a five-month war, which resulted in a Japanese victory in October

  • Russia stationed a fleet of warships off Port Arthur

    The port was soon fortified and construction started on railways that would eventually link it to Russia through China's Manchuria
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    Boxer Rebellion

    200,000 Russian troops were stationed in <manchuria to protect railway from Chinese rebels and soldiers

  • Anglo-Japanese Alliance

    -Japan and Britain would aid each other militarily if either was at war with two or more countries
    - If either country was at war with only one other state, the the other would remain neutral

  • Education

    All citizens were required to attend school for six years, instead of only four

  • Japan expelled Russia's ambassador

    Severed all relations with Russia

  • Japan has defeated Russia

    • Japanese army had entered Russian-controlled Manchuria
    • The Japanese navy had been defeated the Port Arthur-based Russian navy
    • Port Arthur was under siege by land and sea
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    Japanese artillery destroyed most of Russia's navy at Port Arthur and city surrendered in Jan.

  • Japan attacks Russian Navy at Port Arthur and soon launched an invasion of Korea

  • Treaty of Portsmouth

    Russia and Japan signed the Treaty that brought the Russo-Japanese War to a close.

  • Paris Peace Conference

    Japan became one of the most important states at the Paris Peace conference, which dealt with the results of the First World War

  • Major military and industrial power