Asia Pacific 1904: Attack on Port Arthur

8 February 1904
8 Feb 1904
The Rise of Japan
1894–1911 The Rise of Japan
1911–1927 Warlords and Revolutionaries
1927–1937 China's Nanjing Decade
1937–1941 Second Sino-Japanese War
1941–1943 WWII: The Greater East Asia War
1943–1945 WWII: Victory Over Japan
1945–1950 End of the Old Order
1950–1989 The Cold War in Asia
1989–pres Asian Economic Powers
Attack on Port Arthur
09 Jun 1894 Donghak Peasant Revolution
01 Aug 1894 First Sino-Japanese War
17 Apr 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki
28 May 1895 Triple Intervention and Taiwan
13 Feb 1897 Philippine Revolution
22 Apr 1898 Far Eastern Crisis
30 Jun 1898 Spanish-American War
10 Dec 1898 Treaty of Paris
03 Jun 1899 Philippine–American War
16 Jun 1900 Boxer Rebellion
14 Aug 1900 Battle of Peking
07 Sep 1901 Boxer Protocol
30 Jan 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance
08 Feb 1904 Attack on Port Arthur
04 Sep 1905 Russo-Japanese War
08 Apr 1907 Anglo-French Agreement on Siam
The 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance freed Japan from the fear of war with a coalition of European powers. Emboldened, they moved to expel the Russians from Manchuria, attacking the Russian Pacific Fleet at Port Arthur in 1904.