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Conflict East Asia

First Sino-Japanese War

1894 CE – 1895 CE · 1 year

Japan's modernised military crushed the Qing Dynasty's forces in a war over control of Korea. The humiliating defeat exposed China's weakness, ceded Taiwan to Japan, and announced Japan's arrival as a major power — shocking the Western world.

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First Sino-Japanese War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Empire of Japan
  • Qing Dynasty China

Key moments

Defining events in the First Sino-Japanese War.

  1. 1894 Battle of the Yalu River
  2. 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Landmark · East Asia

Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

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Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Dutch–Aceh War

1873 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Russia

Founded 1263 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Donghak Peasant Revolution

1894 CE – 1895 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1894 CE and 1895 CE.

1894 CE Donghak Peasant Revolution 1895 CE First Italo-Ethiopian War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing French West Africa Polity · Africa 1895 CE – 1958 CE Otto von Bismarck Figure · Prussia / Germany 1815 CE – 1898 CE Franco-Dahomean Wars Conflict · Africa 1890 CE – 1894 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Mosquito Coast Polity · Americas 1637 CE – 1894 CE
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