1868
3 Jan
Meiji Restoration
1890
11 February
Promulgation of the Meiji Constitution
30 October
Imperial Rescript on Education
1894
July
Japan attacks China, Sino-Japanese War begins
1895
17 April
Japan gains Taiwan in Treaty of Shimonoseki, end of Sino-Japanese War
1902
Anglo-Japanese Treaty - First treaty that allied Japan with a European nation, the UK against Russia
1904
8 Feb
Japan attacks Russia, Russo-japanese war begins
1905
5 September
Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanes War, Japan establishes a Protectorate over Korea
1910
22 July
Japan annexes Korea
1912
30 July
Death of the Meiji Emperor, commencement of the Taisho reign period with accession of son, Yoshihito
1914
23 August
Japan declares war on Germany
1915
18 Jan
Japan issued 21 Demands to China, growing anti-Japanese sentiment in China
1918
August
Rice Riots
1921
November
Hirohito becomes regent to his father
Assassination attempt on Regent Hirohito
1921 - 1922
Washington Naval Agreements
1922
New urge to build new cruiser ships - Wasn’t stated in the treaty that you couldn’t build cruise ships (loophole)
1923
1 Sept
Japanese Eclusion Act enacted by US Congress
1925
March
Peace Preservation Law and Universal Manhood Suffrage Law enacted
1926
25 December
Death of Taisho Emepror; commencement of Showa reign period
1927
July
Japanese troops to China in the Shandong Expedition
Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi annoucnes 'Positive Policy' towards China
Review of the Five-Power Treaty - Attempt to fix loopholes in the treaty
1928
20 February
First General election with universal male suffeage
15 March
Police round-up of radicals and leftists under Peace Preservation Law
4 June
Assassination of Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin
1930
22 April
London Naval Treaty
14 November
Prime Minister Hamaguchi assassination attempt
Second review of the Five-Power Treaty - Attempt to fix loopholes in the treaty
1931
18 Sept
Manchurian Incident
1936
Anti-Comintern Pact -Japan and Germany
1939
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement - Agreement between Russia and Germany, stated that Eastern Europe could be divided into two separate spheres of influence, one for Germany and one for the USSR. These two nations also vowed never to undertake any act of violence towards each other.
1941
Germany declared War on Russia thus ending their prior agreement. This also tested Japan’s relationship with Germany as Japan broke their vow to Germany by not declaring war on Russia as well.
1964
Tokyo Olympics