1600 A.D. - 1912 A.D.
| HISTORY OF JAPAN |
WORLD HISTORY |
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| 1600 |
Victory of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara. |
1658 1600 |
Edict of Nantes is promulgated. England establishes the East India Company. |
| TOKUGAWA PERIOD (1600 - 1867) | |||
| 1603 1609 1613 1614 1615 1633 1635 1636 |
Ieyasu establishes the Shogunate in Edo. The Datch trading office is opened. The Christian faith is forbidden by Shogun Hidetada. First siege of Osaka castle by Ieyasu. Second siege and capture of Osaka castle and destruction of Hideyoshi's heirs. Promulgation of the Laws for the Military Houses (Buke shohatto). Overseas sailing of ships is banned; Formalization of the "alternate attendance"(sankin-kotai) system for provincial Daimyo. Ban on Japanese travel abroad. |
1602 1618 1620 1632 |
The first public performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is given. The Thirty Years' War breaks out. Mayflower Compact is signed by Pilgrim Fathers. Taji Mahal is constructed. |
| 1637 1639 1641 1651 1657 |
Christian rebellion in Shimabara. Exclusion of Portuguese traders. Transfer of the Dutch traders from Hirado to Deshima in Nagasaki harbor. Plot against the shogunate by Yui Shosetsu Great fire in Edo. |
1642 1643 1644 |
The Puritan Revolution. Luis XIV succeeds to the throne. Ch'ing dynasty enters Peking. |
| 1688 1690 1702 1716 1774 1792 |
(-1703) Genroku year Period Kaempfer, German physician, comes to Nagasaki. Chushingura ("Forty-seven ronin") vengeance incident. Yoshimune of a Tokugawa branch succeeds to the Shogunate. "Kaitai shinsho", a translation of the Dutch version of a book on anatomy, is published. Laxman, Russian envoy, arrives at Nemuro in Hokkaido. |
1666 1688 1710 1762 1776 1789 |
The Great Fire in London. The Glorious Revolution in England. Versailles Palace is constructed. Rousseau's "The Social Contract". The Declaration of Independence of the 13 United States; Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" The French Revolution. |
| 1804 1808 1823 1837 |
Visit of the Russian envoy Rezanov to Nagasaki Visit to Nagasaki of the UK ship Phaeton. Siebold German physician, comes to Nagasaki. Visit of American ship Morrison to Edo Bay and Nagasaki. |
1804 1808 1814 1840 |
Coronation of Napoleon I as the French Emperor. The First Part of "Faust" by Goethe. The Congress of Vienna is convened. The Opium War in China. |
| 1846 1853 1854 1858 1859 |
Visit of US Commodore Biddle to Uraga. U.S. Commander Perry arrives at Uraga; Russian Commander Putiachin sails into Nagasaki. The peace and amity treaty between Japan and the U.S.A. (Kanagawa Treaty) is signed. Commercial Treaty with the U.S. Execution of Yoshida Shoin of Choshu. |
1848 1856 1857 1859 |
The February Revolution in Paris. "Comunist Manifesto" by Marx and Engels. Lorcha Arrow incident at Canton precipitates Anglo-Chinese hostilities. The Indian Mutiny. Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection". |
| 1860 1862 1863 |
Assassination of Ii Naosuke by Mito samurai; First embassy to the U.S. Assassination of an English man at Namamugi near Yokohama by Satsuma samurai. Bombardment of foreign vessels by Choshu forts at Shimonoseki; Bombardment of Kagoshima, capital of Satsuma, by a British squadron; Expulsion of Choshu forces from Kyoto. |
1861 |
The Civil War in the United States. |
| 1864 1867 |
Bombardment of Shimonoseki forts by British, French, Dutch, and American
ships. Tokugawa Yoshinobu transfers the reins of government to the Emperor; Enthronement of Mutsuhito (Meiji). |
1867 |
The first volume of "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx. |
| MEIJI PERIOD (1868 - 1912) | |||
| 1868 1869 1871 1872 1873 |
Promulgation of the Five Articles of Imperial Oath. Establishement of Tokyo (Edo) as the new capital. Return of their domain by the Daimyo of Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, and Hizen, followed by the rest of Daimyo; Abandonment of class distinctions; Departure of the Iwakura Mission. Opening of the first railway between Tokyo and Yokohama; Adoption of the Gregorian calendar; Inaguration of universal military service; debate over an expedition against Korea; Return of the Iwakura Mission. |
1869 1870 1871 |
Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is completed. The Franco-Prussian War. Foundation of the German Empire; The Rising of the Paris Commune. |
| 1874 1875 |
Revolt of Eto Shimpei in Saga. Victory of the expeditionary force in Taiwan. Agreement with Russia over the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands; Osaka Conference; Convening of the Assembly of Prefectural Governors. |
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| 1876 1877 1878 |
The amity treaty with Korea; Prohibition of carring of swords by samurai;
Uprising in Kumamoto and Hagi (Choshu) Satsuma Rebellion; Death of Kido Koin; Suicide of Saigo Takamori, leader of the Rebellion. Assassination of Okubo Toshimichi. |
1877 |
Queen Victoria assumes the title "Empress of India". . |
| 1881 1882 1885 |
Jiyuto (Liberal Party) organized by Itagaki Taisuke. Founding of a political party and Waseda University by Okuma Shigenobu. Adoption of the cabinet system with Ito Hirobumi as the first prime minister. |
1882 1887 |
The Triple Alliance (Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary) is formed. Formation of the union of Indo-China. |
| 1889 1894 1895 |
Promulgation of the Imperial Constitution of Japan. The Sino-Japanese War breaks out. Intervention of Russia, France, and Germany in the Sino-Japanese peace settlement. |
1894 1896 1898 |
The Rising of the Tonghak Society in Korea. The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athena. The Fashoda Crisis. |
| 1899 1902 |
Coming into effect of the revised treaties ending extraterritoriality. Signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. |
1899 |
The Boer War in South Africa. |
| 1904 1905 |
The Russo-Japanese War breaks out. Conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War through the Treaty of Portsmouth. |
1905 |
Einstein's "Special Theory of Relativity". |
| 1909 1910 1911 1912 |
Assassination of Ito Hirobumi. Annexation of Korea by Japan. End of the foreign restriction on tariffs. Death of Meiji emperor. |
1912 |
Downfall of the Ch'ing dynasty (1911) and establishment of the Republic
in China. |