Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-21
-,.pAN.s CHRONOLOGY
.o-su1 Advance After a Sleep OF
Won' Two Centuries.

m. following chronology of Japan's
,-arce during the last two centuries
= srom the New York Times;
Rerinnng of the Tokugawa line of
shncpn Iyeyasu makes Yeddo
on conitaI-. ................ 1908
,1int AGAINST the Christians by
Ed Inovasu 1913
r,orsecution begins ............... 1914
tvill Adams, an English pilot, lands
"" a. Bungo, April 10, 1900; dies. 1920
an foreigners, except Dutch and
chinese. banished and the Jap
onese forbidden to leave the
country .................. 1886
A several years massacre Of Chris
fans begins. The Dutch factory
removed from Firando to Da-
shima ................... 1G41
Rising of Shmabara. Christians
hurled from Popemberg ....... 1877
Arrival of Commodore Perry in the
bay of Yeddo, July S......... 1853
Treaty with the United States
signed, March 81. ............ 1854
Townsend Harris concludes
treaty of foreign residence. ..... 1853
Yokohama, Nagasaki and Hako-
date open to trade, July 1..... 1859
First embassy to the United States,
January Observation-Disclosures. 1860
The regent, III Hamon no Kami,
assassnated March 3........ 1860
Mr.. Heusken, interpreter United
States legation, assassinated. :. 1861
Attack on the legation, July 3. So. 1861
First embassy to Europe. 1862
English attacked near Yokohama
and one killed by the followers
of Shimadzu Saburo, father OF
the daimio of Satsuma; 100000
paid by the government. ... 1862
An American steamer and French
and Dutch corvet fred upon by
two men-of-war Of the Prince of
Kiusiu .....!............... 1868
The United States corvet Wyoming
engages the two men-of-war, July 1863
Two French war steamers soon af-
ter destroy q battery ....... 1868
Bombardment of Kagoshima by the
English, August ............ 1863
American and English legations
burned Observation-Disclosures. 1868
Smonoseki bombardment by nine
English three French, four
Dutch and one American men-of-
war, Sept. 8 and 6........... 1864
Japan forced to pay an indemnity
the Simonoseki indemnity-of
100000 in all, which is after
ward reduced to one-hslf ..... 1864
Major Baldwin and Lieut.. Bird
murdered at Kamakura. ...... 1864
Attack on the guard Of Sir II.
Parks uhi1A CoiDO n audi
ence with the Mikado March % 1866
Mutsuhito at sixteen years of age
succeeds his father as one hun
dred and twenty Tor one hun
dred and twenty-third) Mikado,
Feb. 8 Observation-Disclosures. 1867
Hiogo, Osaka and Yeddo opened,
Jan. 1 1868
The Mikado restored to full power,
Jan. 3 ..................... 1868
An officer and ten French sailors
murdered at Sakai, near Osaka,
by detachment OF Tosa troops. 1868
Battle of Fushimi, Jan. %. ...... 1868
Battle Of UenO, July 4........... 1868
First year Of Meiji enlightened
rule, Nov. Observation-Disclosures. 1868
The Mikado removes to Yeddo,
which changes its name to Toxic
and is made capital of the en-
pre. Nov. 26. 1868
HakOdate taken; war ended June S 1869
Abolition of the feudal system the
daimios relegated to private life
and retired on pensions of one
tenth OF their former revenue,
July 1860
First appearance of newspapers. =. 1870
NH
government makes the circuit of
the world ..1S71-72
First railway in Japan opened Oct.
18 Observation-Disclosures. 1872
Attempted assassination Of Iva
kura Jan. IA. Observation-Disclosures. 1878
Adoption Of the Gregorian calen-
dar Observation-Disclosures. 1873
Officials obliged to wear European
dress when on duty. ........ 1878
War against Formosa, May. 1874
Exchange of Saghalien for Kurile
(Chishima) islands ............. 1873
Revocation of the edicts against
Christianity NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1875
Treaty between Japan and Korea,
Feb. 81 Observation-Disclosures. 1876
beginning of the southern rebellion
at Kumamoto, Oct. "a. ......... 1875
End of the southern rebellion and
death of Saigo Tagamori. .... 1877
Okubo assassinated May 14...... 1878
National exhibition in Toxic opened
March II ..................... 1881
hescript promising the opening of
parliament in 1890, Oct. ID. E. 1881
The United States returns the Shi-
monoseki indemnity amman. 1888
rehabilitation of old nobility July 8 1884
official priesthood abolished Aug.
II Observation-Disclosures. 1884
Japanese troops in Seoul attacked
by Chinese and Koreans. $50. 1884