| 1868 |
Emperor established as head of state, Emperor's Charter Oath
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| 1869 |
Domains come under the direct authority of the Emperor
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| 1870 |
Rikshaw invented in Tokyo
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| 1872 |
First railway line in Japan established between Yokohama and Tokyo
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| 1873 |
National conscription law enacted
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| 1877 |
Satsuma Rebellion
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| 1881 |
Decree promising constitution
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| 1885 |
Ito Hirobumi becomes first Prime Minister
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| 1887 |
First commercial scale electric generator put on line in Tokyo
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| 1889 |
Promulgation of the Constitution; Yamagata Aritomo Prime Minister
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| 1890 |
Imperial Rescript on Education, Makiko born
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| 1884-1895 |
Sino-Japanese War
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| 1895 |
First trolley line in Japan established in Kyoto
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| 1899 |
Revision of the "Unequal Treaties" with Western Powers
ending extraterritoriality, first automobile imported to Japan
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| 1900 |
Marriage of Crown Prince Yoshihito to Kujo Sadako
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| 1904-1905 |
Russo-Japanese War
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| 1905 |
Treaty of Portsmouth cedes Russian holdings in the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, and Southern Sakhalin Island to Japan, recognizes Japan's "paramount interests" in Korea
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| 1907 |
Makiko married
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| 1910 |
Annexation of Korea
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| 1911 |
First airplane built in Japan
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| 1912 |
Death of Emperor Meiji, first automobile produced domestically
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