Timeline of Move to Global War – Germany, Italy and Japan
1603 – 1868 Tokugawa family ruled Japan
1853 Gunboat Treaty
1854 Treaty of Kanagawa
1858 Commercial treaty between US and Japan
1861 Independence from Austria
1863 – 64 Anti-foreign uprisings
1868 Restored practical imperial rule to the Emperor
1870 Incorporation of the papal states into Italy
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. Japanese Council of State replaced with a cabinet
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
1895 Tripartite Intervention. Japanese government installed in Korea
Mid Feb 1895 Siege and seizure of port of Weihaiwei
March 1895 Japan captured islands off Taiwan
April 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki
23 May 1895 Taiwan declared itself the Republic of Formosa
Oct 1985 Japan won war with former Taiwan
1894 – 95 First Sino-Japanese War
1899 Establishment of Fiat car company – beginning of industrial economic divisions in Italy
1899 – 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance
1904 General strike
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 the 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
May 1915 Treaty of London, entered WWI with the Allies
1915 Italy controlled Albania so supplies could reach the Kingdom of Serbia
1915-18 Inflation due to borrowing from British and US banks to fund war effort
1917 Russian Revolution by the Bolsheviks
1918 Poland created
March 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Nov 1918 – German Revolution
July 1919
Jan 1919 Papacy allowed a Catholic political party to form – Italian Popular Party (PPI)
Early 1919 Arditi became organised groups across Italy
March 1919 Mussolini combined the nationalists and socialists into the Fascio di Combattimiento
1919 Paris Peace Conference. Italian Socialist Party (PSI) had 200,000 members. Unemployment
1603 – 1868 Tokugawa family ruled Japan
1853 Gunboat Treaty
1854 Treaty of Kanagawa
1858 Commercial treaty between US and Japan
1861 Independence from Austria
1863 – 64 Anti-foreign uprisings
1868 Restored practical imperial rule to the Emperor
1870 Incorporation of the papal states into Italy
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. Japanese Council of State replaced with a cabinet
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
1895 Tripartite Intervention. Japanese government installed in Korea
Mid Feb 1895 Siege and seizure of port of Weihaiwei
March 1895 Japan captured islands off Taiwan
April 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki
23 May 1895 Taiwan declared itself the Republic of Formosa
Oct 1985 Japan won war with former Taiwan
1894 – 95 First Sino-Japanese War
1899 Establishment of Fiat car company – beginning of industrial economic divisions in Italy
1899 – 1900 Boxer Rebellion in China
1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance
1904 General strike
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 the 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
May 1915 Treaty of London, entered WWI with the Allies
1915 Italy controlled Albania so supplies could reach the Kingdom of Serbia
1915-18 Inflation due to borrowing from British and US banks to fund war effort
1917 Russian Revolution by the Bolsheviks
1918 Poland created
March 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Nov 1918 – German Revolution
July 1919
Jan 1919 Papacy allowed a Catholic political party to form – Italian Popular Party (PPI)
Early 1919 Arditi became organised groups across Italy
March 1919 Mussolini combined the nationalists and socialists into the Fascio di Combattimiento
1919 Paris Peace Conference. Italian Socialist Party (PSI) had 200,000 members. Unemployment
