Category: Japanese history

the Arctic 1854

Opening of Japan

Across the Pacific, Japan had kept itself...

East Asia 1894

Donghak Peasant Revolution

In 1894, peasants and followers of the Donghak...

East Asia 1894

First Sino-Japanese War

The intervention of China and Japan in Korea...

East Asia 1895

Treaty of Shimonoseki

After defeating the Chinese in Korea in 1894,...

East Asia 1895

Triple Intervention and Taiwan

Japanese gains in the Treaty of Shimonoseki...

East Asia 1897

Philippine Revolution

Over the 19th century, increasing access to...

East Asia 1898

Far Eastern Crisis

When the Japanese defeated China in 1895,...

East Asia 1898

Spanish-American War

In response to American support of Cuban...

East Asia 1898

Treaty of Paris

American gains in the Spanish-American War...

East Asia 1899

Philippine-American War

Philippine nationalists had helped the United...

East Asia 1900

Boxer Rebellion

In response to the growing foreign domination...

East Asia 1900

Battle of Peking

The Chinese Empire considered the Eight-Nation...

East Asia 1901

Boxer Protocol

In August 1900, the Allies captured Peking,...

East Asia 1902

Anglo-Japanese Alliance

During the Boxer Rebellion, Russia had...

East Asia 1904

Attack on Port Arthur

The 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance freed Japan...