Timeline of Move to Global War – Japan
Late 1500s Japan invaded Korea
1603 – 1868 Tokugawa family ruled Japan
1853 Gunboat Treaty
1854 Trade treaty with US
1885 Council of State replaced with a cabinet
1858 Commercial treaty between US and Japan
1863 – 64 Anti-foreign uprisings
1868 Restored practical imperial rule to the Emperor
1872 Yen adopted as currency
1873 Conscription to army
1876 Japan-Korea Treaty
1884 Brief coup of Korean government
1885 Britain took control of Korean port city
1888 Privy Council established
1889 Diet first convened
1890 Meiji Constitution adopted
1894 Peasant Revolt. Japanese invasion of Korean capital
Oct 1894 Japan began invasion of Manchuria
Nov 1894 Japan captured Port Arthur
Mid Feb 1895 Siege and seizure of port of Weihaiwei
March 1895 Japan captured islands off Taiwan
17 April 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895 Tripartite Intervention
23 May 1895 Taiwan declared itself the Republic of Formosa
1895 Japanese government installed in Korea
Oct 1985 Japan won war with former Taiwan
1894 – 95 First Sino-Japanese War
Dec 1897 Russia leased Port Arthur and parts of Liaodong Peninsula from China
1899 – 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance
1904 – 05 Russo-Japanese War
Feb 1904 Japan severed all relations with Russia
8 Feb 1904 Japan attacked the Russian navy at Port Arthur. Launched invasion of Korea
April 1904 Japanese army entered Russian-controlled Manchuria
Dec 1904 Japan had destroyed most of Russian navy in Port Arthur
Jan 1905 Port Arthur surrendered
1905 Treaty of Portsmouth
1910 Annexation of Korea
WWI Joined the Allies
1922 Washington Conference
1924 US Japanese Exclusion Act
1931 Conquest of Manchuria
1931 Japan proclaimed the Independence of Manchukuo
Dec 1931 League of Nations formed the Lytton Commission
Feb 1933 League of Nations voted to condemn Japan for Manchuria
March 1933 Japan left the League of Nations
31 May 1933 Chinese government signed the Tanggu Truce
1935 USSR sold the Chinese Eastern Railway to Manchukuo
1935 China Garrison Army operated the eastern half of the Charar Province
1935 Second London Naval Treaty
Late 1500s Japan invaded Korea
1603 – 1868 Tokugawa family ruled Japan
1853 Gunboat Treaty
1854 Trade treaty with US
1885 Council of State replaced with a cabinet
1858 Commercial treaty between US and Japan
1863 – 64 Anti-foreign uprisings
1868 Restored practical imperial rule to the Emperor
1872 Yen adopted as currency
1873 Conscription to army
1876 Japan-Korea Treaty
1884 Brief coup of Korean government
1885 Britain took control of Korean port city
1888 Privy Council established
1889 Diet first convened
1890 Meiji Constitution adopted
1894 Peasant Revolt. Japanese invasion of Korean capital
Oct 1894 Japan began invasion of Manchuria
Nov 1894 Japan captured Port Arthur
Mid Feb 1895 Siege and seizure of port of Weihaiwei
March 1895 Japan captured islands off Taiwan
17 April 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895 Tripartite Intervention
23 May 1895 Taiwan declared itself the Republic of Formosa
1895 Japanese government installed in Korea
Oct 1985 Japan won war with former Taiwan
1894 – 95 First Sino-Japanese War
Dec 1897 Russia leased Port Arthur and parts of Liaodong Peninsula from China
1899 – 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance
1904 – 05 Russo-Japanese War
Feb 1904 Japan severed all relations with Russia
8 Feb 1904 Japan attacked the Russian navy at Port Arthur. Launched invasion of Korea
April 1904 Japanese army entered Russian-controlled Manchuria
Dec 1904 Japan had destroyed most of Russian navy in Port Arthur
Jan 1905 Port Arthur surrendered
1905 Treaty of Portsmouth
1910 Annexation of Korea
WWI Joined the Allies
1922 Washington Conference
1924 US Japanese Exclusion Act
1931 Conquest of Manchuria
1931 Japan proclaimed the Independence of Manchukuo
Dec 1931 League of Nations formed the Lytton Commission
Feb 1933 League of Nations voted to condemn Japan for Manchuria
March 1933 Japan left the League of Nations
31 May 1933 Chinese government signed the Tanggu Truce
1935 USSR sold the Chinese Eastern Railway to Manchukuo
1935 China Garrison Army operated the eastern half of the Charar Province
1935 Second London Naval Treaty
