APPENDIX
| 1592-1598 . . . . . | Invasion of Korea. |
| 1600—1867 . . . . | Tokugawa epoch. |
| 1600 . . . . . . . . . . | Battle of Sekigahara establishes Tokugawa supremacy. |
| 1603 . . . . . . . . . . | First Tokugawa Shogun. |
| 1614 . . . . . . . . . . | Christianity interdicted. |
| 1624 . . . . . . . . . . | Period of isolation begins. |
| 1637 . . . . . . . . . . | Shimabara revolt. |
| 1690—1692 . . . . | Kämpfer visits Japan. |
| 1703 . . . . . . . . . . | Great earthquake at Yedo. |
| 1707 . . . . . . . . . . | Last eruption of Mount Fuji. |
| 1853, July 7 . . . . . | Perry arrives. |
| 1854, March 31 . . | First treaty with the United States. |
| 1855 . . . . . . . . . . | Great earthquake at Yedo. |
| 1858 . . . . . . . . . . | Second treaty with the United States. |
| 1858 . . . . . . . . . . | Yokohama opened to foreign intercourse. |
| 1863 . . . . . . . . . . | First newspaper. |
| 1863 August 14 . . | Bombardment of Kagoshima. |
| 1864, Sept. 5 . . . | Attack on Shimonoseki. |
| 1867, Nov. 19 . . . | Shōgun resigns. |
| 1868 . . . . . . . . . . | Meiji epoch begins. |
| 1868 Jan. 3 . . . . . | Resumption of Imperial control. |
| 1868—1869 . . . . | Imperial-Tokugawa war. |
| 1869 . . . . . . . . . . | Tōkyō (Yedo) becomes the capital. |
| 1871 . . . . . . . . . . | Abolition of feudalism. |
| 1872, June 12 . . | First railway opened. |
| 1874 . . . . . . . . . . | Gregorian calendar adopted. |
| 1874 . . . . . . . . . . | Expedition to Formosa. |
| 1877 . . . . . . . . . . | Satsuma rebellion. |
| 1878 . . . . . . . . . . | First local elective assemblies. |
| 1879 . . . . . . . . . . | Loochoo Islands annexed. |
| 1880 . . . . . . . . . . | Penal code established. |
| 1884 . . . . . . . . . . | First local elective assemblies. |
| 1884 . . . . . . . . . . | Orders of nobility established. |
| 1878 . . . . . . . . . . | Buddhism disestablished. |
| 1889, Feb. 11 . . . | Constitution promulgated. |
| 1890 . . . . . . . . . . | First Diet. |
| 1891 . . . . . . . . . . | Great earthquake at Gifu. |
| 1894, July 31 . . . | War declared with China. |
| 1894, Sept. 16 . . | Battle of Pyöng-yang. |
| 1894, Sept. 17 . . | Naval battle off Yalu River. |
| 1895, April17 . . . | Treaty of peace. |
| 1891 . . . . . . . . . . | Abolition of extraterritorial tribunals.. |
| 1891 . . . . . . . . . . | Assists in suppressing the Boxer insurrection in China. |
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