Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-26
JAPAN'S CHRONOLOGY.
Wonderful Advance After a Sleep OF
Two Centuries.

advance during the last two centuries
Is fiom the New York Times:
Beginning of the Tokugawa line OF
Shotgun Iyeyasu makes Yeddo
ms capital observation-disclosures. 1905
Edict against the Christians by
lyeyasu ................ 1911:
1ersecutlon begins ............... 1911
VIII Adams, an English pilot, lands
at Bungo, April 10, 1000; dies. 1921
All foreigners, except Dutch and
Chinese, banished and the jap
anese forbidden to leave the
country Observation-Disclosures. 1864
a several years massacre of Chris
tians begins. The Dutch factory
removed from Firando to Da-
SHlhd .......... 164
Rising of Shimabara. Christians
hurled from Popemberg ..... 1877
Arrival of Commodore Perry in the
bay of Yeddo, July S........ 1855.
Treaty with the United States
signed, March 81. 1856
Townsend Harris concludes a
treaty of foreign residence 1876
Yokohama, Nagasaki and Hako-
date open to trade, July 1...... 1875
First embassy to the United States,
January ...... ............... y 1876
The regent, III Hamon no Kami,
assassinated, March 3. ....... 1856
Mr.. Heusken, interpreter United
States legation. assassinated. :. 1886
Attack on the legation, July 5. 49,. 1876
First embassy to Europe. ..... 1856
English attacked near Yokohama
and one killed by tho followers
of Shimadzu Saburo, father OF
the daimio of Satsuma; 100000
paid by the government. ...... 186
An American steamer and French
and Dutch corvet fired upon by
two men-of-war of the Prince of
h1uSlu .s... lSt
The United States corvet Wyoming
engages the two men-of-war, July 1St
Two French war steamers soon az
ter destroy a battery. .......... 1St
Bombardment of Kagoshima by the
English, August ............... 1S'
American and English legations
burned ............... 1S'
Simonoseki bombardment by nine
English, three French, four
Dutch and one American men-of-
war, Sept and 6........... 1S
Japan forced to pay an indemnity
the Simonoseki indemnity-of
100000 in all, which is after
ward reduced to one-half. ...... 18
: Major Baldwin and Lieut. Bird
: murdered at Kamakura. il
] Attack on the guard of Sir 81.
Parks while going to an audi
, ence with the Mikado, March % 1S
. Mutsuhito at sixteen years of age
succeeds his father as one hun
dred and twenty-frst Tor one hum
dred and twenty-third) Mikado.
eD. . ~
: Hiogo, Osaka and Yeddo opened,
: jan l ........ lc
: The Mikado restored to full power,
8 Jan. ................ .-..... &c
An officer and ten French sailors
murdered at Sakai, near Osaka,
by detachment of Tosa troops. Is
Battle of Fushimi, Jan. %. $500. is
a Battle of Ueno, July 4. .......... Ii
!. First year of Meiji enlightened
q rule, Nov. g.. Il
a The Mikado removes to Yeddo,
which changes it's name to Toxic
and is made capital of the en-
pire, Nov. 20. ................. Il
Hakodate taken; war ended June . Il
Abolition of the feudal system; the
l. daimios relegated to private life
: and retired on pensions of one
II tenth OF their former revenue,
u july D -
% First appearance of newspapers.
. Embassy representing the national
" government makes the circuit of
l. the world 10
: First railway in Japan opened Oct.
13 ....-....-..... 1
= Attempted assassination of Iva
kura Jan. IA. ................. 1
T. Adoption of the Gregorian calen-
u dar ................ i
Ohicials obliged to wear European
ie dress when on duty. j
~ War against Formosa, May. 49,. ]
IN Exchange of Saghalien for kurile
fl (Chishima) islands .............
lie Revocation Of the edicts against
ne Christianity
vs. Treaty between Japan and Korea,
II Feb. q ..............
10 Beginning of the southern rebellion
40 at Kumamoto, Oct. "a. .........
10 End of the southern rebellion and
DIX death of Saigo Tagamori. ......
he Okubo assassinated May 14.....-.
e. National exhibition in Toxic opened
ed March IL
Id Rescript promising the opening of
n parliament in 1890, Oct. H..
The United States returns the Shi-
monoseki indemnity .........--
Gu Rehabilitation of OLD nobility July D
81 Official priesthood abolished Aug.
ad II
Id, Japanese troops in Seoul attacked
mt nv Chinese and Koreans. 1890.
The constitutions granted by the
,as Emperor promulgated Feb. IL.
- First Imperial diet meets November
Ta+o-n al exhibition in Toxic. :.