East Asia

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  • In 1800

    In 1800
    Websitethe Tokugawa shogunate had ruled the Japanese islands for two hundred years.

  • In 1853

    In 1853
    Websitean American fleet of four warships under Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay (now Tokyo Bay).

  • In 1858

    In 1858
    Website U.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a more detailed treaty.

  • In 1863

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

  • In 1868

    In 1868
    WebsiteTheir armies attacked the shogun’s palace in Kyoto and proclaimed that the authority of the emperor had been restored.

  • In 1889

    In 1889
    WebsiteThe country was divided into 75 prefectures. (The number was reduced to 45 in 1889 and remains at that number today.)

  • In 1904

    In 1904
    WebsiteJapan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, which Russia had taken from China in 1898.

  • In 1905

    In 1905
    WebsiteAfter their defeat, the Russians agreed to a humiliating peace.

  • In 1907

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

  • In 1910

    In 1910
    WebsiteJapan annexed Korea outright.