1894 in Japan

← 1893 1892 1891 1894 in Japan → 1895 1896 1897
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Events in the year 1894 in Japan.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji[1]
• Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi

Events

• July 25 – Battle of Pungdo[2]
• July 28–29 – Battle of Seonghwan[3]
• September 15 – Battle of Pyongyang[3]
• September 17 – Battle of the Yalu River (1894)[2]
• October 24 – Battle of Jiuliancheng[3]
• November 21 – Battle of Lushunkou; Japanese forces storm all China's landward defences by noon the following day.[4]

Births

• January 1 – Shitsu Nakano, super-centenarian (d. 2007)
• April 15 – Kiichi Hasegawa, naval commander (d. 1944)
• April 18 – Kitsuju Ayabe, military commander (d. 1980)
• April 25 – Takeshi Mori, military commander (d. 1945)[5]
• October 21 – Edogawa Ranpo, author and critic (d. 1965)
• November 27 – Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric (d. 1989)
• date unknown – Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Japan's whisky industry (d. 1979)

Deaths

• May 16 – Kitamura Tokoku, poet, essayist and writer (b. 1868)
• July 6 – Takahashi Yuichi, yōga painter (b. 1828)

References

1. "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. Stewart, William (2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. McFarland. p. 312. ISBN 9780786438099.
3. War. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2009. p. 452. ISBN 9781405347785.
4. Paine, S.C.M. (2003). ArizoThe Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perception, Power, and Primacy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 197–213. ISBN 0-521-61745-6.
5. Brooks, Lester (1968). Behind Japan's Surrender: The Secret Struggle That Ended an Empire. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company