Category: Japanese history

the Arctic 1854

Opening of Japan

Across the Pacific, Japan had kept itself...

Asia Pacific 1894

Donghak Peasant Revolution

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

Asia Pacific 1894

First Sino-Japanese War

The intervention of China and Japan in Korea...

Asia Pacific 1895

Treaty of Shimonoseki

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

Asia Pacific 1895

Triple Intervention and Taiwan

Japanese gains in the Treaty of Shimonoseki...

Asia Pacific 1897

Philippine Revolution

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

Asia Pacific 1898

Far Eastern Crisis

When the Japanese defeated China in 1895,...

Asia Pacific 1898

Spanish-American War

In response to American support of Cuban...

Asia Pacific 1898

Treaty of Paris

American gains in the Spanish-American War...

Asia Pacific 1899

Philippine-American War

Philippine nationalists had helped the United...

Asia Pacific 1900

Boxer Rebellion

In response to the growing foreign domination...

Asia Pacific 1900

Battle of Peking

The Chinese Empire considered the Eight-Nation...

Asia Pacific 1901

Boxer Protocol

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

Asia Pacific 1902

Anglo-Japanese Alliance

During the Boxer Rebellion, Russia had...

Asia Pacific 1904

Attack on Port Arthur

The 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance freed Japan...