Imperial Japan

1800s

Feb 2, 1800

Europeans were restricted to a trading outlet in China. http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/japan/

1853

Mar 2, 1853

Rebels seize Nanjing. http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/imperial-japan-timeline-d493793f-7590-46f2-9992-f7a15fb27668

1858

Feb 2, 1858

They sign the treaty of tianjin. http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/treaties-tianjin

1863

Feb 2, 1863

The revolt eventually falls apart. http://www.homeshop18.com/kunashir-kunashir-island-mendeleev-menashi-kunashir-rebellion-tyatya-golovnin-smirnov/author:llc-books/isbn:9781158609833/books/miscellaneous/product:18214581/cid:14567

1869

Feb 2, 1868

Meiji Restoration begins. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2130.html

1889

Feb 2, 1889

Guang Xu makes big reform policy because of Japan. http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2011/12/monarch-profile-emperor-guangxu-of.html

1904

Feb 2, 1904

Sun Yat-Sen issues a reform program. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/sun_yat.htm

1907

Feb 21, 1907

Teddy Roosevelt makes an agreement to stop Japanese Immigration to the US. http://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/portsmouth-treaty

1910

Feb 21, 1910

Japan outright annexes Korea. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2010/08/29/editorials/the-annexation-of-korea/