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1800
After a long period of peace and prosperity, the Qing dynasty of the Manchus was at the height of its power http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/qing.htm -
1853
The rebels seized Nanjing, the second largest city of the empire, and massacred 25,000 men, women, and children http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/nanjing.htm -
1858
U.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a more detailed treaty. It called for the opening of several new ports to U.S. http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/150th/html/nyepiE2a.htm -
1863
the Sat-Cho alliance (from Satsuma-Choshu) forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West. http://prezi.com/1rzjmrtz8glq/satsuma-choshu-alliance/ -
1868
their armies attacked the shogun’s palace in Kyoto and proclaimed that the authority of the emperor had been restored. http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/historical/1200.html -
1889
the Tokyo School of Fine Arts was established to promote traditional Japanese art. http://web-japan.org/museum/ -
1904
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur, which Russia had taken from China in 1898. -
1905
a convention in Tokyo, Sun united radical groups from across China and formed the Revolutionary Alliance, which eventually became the Nationalist Party http://www.answers.com/topic/revolutionary-alliance -
1907
President Theodore Roosevelt made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan that essentially stopped Japanese immigration to the United States. http://www.history.com/topics/gentlemens-agreement -
1910
Elections for a national assembly were even held in 1910. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Republic_of_China)
