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Japan in 1895

Historical records for Japan in 1895, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records
5Events
2Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

1895Independence of JapanMutsuhito

House / House of Tokugawa

Under the Treaty of Shimonoseki Korea is granted its independence

1895Independence of KoreaMutsuhito

House / House of Tokugawa

Under the Treaty of Shimonoseki Korea is granted its independence

1895Party LeaderIto

Politics / Liberal Party

Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party

1895Rule of TaiwanMutsuhito

Taiwan · House / House of Tokugawa

Inder the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Taiwans is ceded by China to Japan

1895Treaty of ShimonosekiMutsuhito

Shimonoseki · House / House of Tokugawa

Taiwan is ceded to Japan & China opened to Japanese investment. Korea becomes independent, China pays Japan a large indemnity

Names involved

ItoMutsuhito

Places involved

ShimonosekiTaiwan

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.