Imperial Japan

1800

Jan 22, 1800

after a long time of peace and prosperity, the Qing dynasty of Manchus was at its highest point with its power.http://totallyhistory.com/qing-dynasty-1644-1911/

1853

Mar 22, 1853

the rebels stopped Nanjing, the second largest city of the empire, and massacred 25,000 men women, and childrenhttp://www.chinahighlights.com/nanjing/nanjing-facts.htm

1858

Jan 23, 1858

U.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a more detailed treaty.http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/150th/html/nyepiE2a.htm

1863

Jan 23, 1863

the Sat-Cho alliance forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the Westhttp://www.satcho.com/

1868

Jan 23, 1868

Sat-Cho army attacked the shogun’s palace in Kyoto and proclaimed that the authority of the emperor had been restoredhttp://www.willamette.edu/~rloftus/H381RestSum.html

1889

Jan 23, 1889

The 75 prefectures was reduced to 45 and it still is that amount today.The Meiji constitution was adopted http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373298/Meiji-Constitution

1904

Jan 23, 1904

Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, which Russia had taken from China in 1898http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-capture-russian-naval-base-at-port-arthur

1905

Jan 23, 1905

United States recognized Japan’s role in Korea in return for Japanese recognition of American authority in the Philippines http://www.dokdo-takeshima.com/japanese-involvement-in-korea-1870-1905.html

1907

Jan 23, 1907

President Theodore Roosevelt made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan that essentially stopped Japanese immigration to the United Stateshttp://www.history.com/topics/gentlemens-agreement

1910

Jan 23, 1910

Japan annexed Korea outrighthttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/08/29/editorials/the-annexation-of-korea/