Meiji Period TimeLine


1868
Meiji Restoration begins and Edo is renamed Tokyo

1869
Emperor Meiji is moved into Tokyo

1871
First Japanese newspaper is published

1872
Railway which connects Tokyo and Yokohama is constructed

1873
Japan adopts the idea of the gregorian calendar

1882
Bank of Japan is created

1894
Japan and China become warring countries with each other

1912
Emperor Meiji dies at age 59

1912
Yoshihito becomes the new emperor


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