Satsuma Rebellion
1877 CE
The last and greatest samurai revolt against Japan's modernizing Meiji government. Saigō Takamori led former samurai in a doomed rebellion that ended the warrior class and confirmed Japan's transformation into a modern state.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Satsuma samurai rebels (Saigō Takamori)
Key moments
Defining events in the Satsuma Rebellion.
- 1877 Battle of Tabaruzaka
- 1877 Siege of Kumamoto Castle
- 1877 Battle of Shiroyama
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
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Landmark · East Asia
Yakushima
3000 BCE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_China_(1889%E2%80%931912).svg.png)
Polity · East Asia
Manchu Empire
Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE
Trade route · East Asia
Tea Horse Road
700 CE – 1950 CE
Conflict · East Asia
Anglo-Burmese Wars
1824 CE – 1885 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standing
Polity · East Asia
Russia
Founded 1263 CE · attested to 2026 CEConflict · East Asia
Dungan Revolt
1862 CE – 1877 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Ha Long Bay
3000 BCE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1877 CE and 1877 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Satsuma rebeliionHoodinski · CC BY-SA 3.0
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Flag of China (1889–1912)Original: zh:清朝政府 Vector: Sodacan · Public domain
- Tea Horse RoadRedgeographics · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Anglo-Burmese WarsWilloughby Wallace Hooper · Public domain
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- Hạ Long BayTaewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0
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