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Japan in 1879

Historical records for Japan in 1879, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

2Records
2Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

1879Birth of TaishoTaisho

House / House of Tokugawa

Birth of Taisho, son of Mutsuhito

1879Capture of Ryukyu IslandsMutsuhito

Ryukyu Islands · Warfare / Military

The Japanese capture the Ryukyu Islands from China

Names involved

MutsuhitoTaisho

Places involved

Ryukyu Islands

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.