1871

1871 — Korea: Battle of Ganghwa / China: Mudan incident / Japan: Abolition of Han system, being replaced by a system of Japanese prefectures / United States: Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada

15 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897	ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912	JapanMeiji era 1868–1912	United StatesUnited States 1776–
Battle of Ganghwa 신미양요 일어남, 전국에 척화비 건립KO 1869Famine in northern Korea that causes Koreans to flee to Russia. 1873최익현의 계유상소, 흥선대원군 하야 1873The palace Gyeongbokgung is reconstructed after having been abandoned since the Imjin War.	December — Mudan incident: A Ryukyuan tributary ship crashes off the southern coast of Taiwan Li Hongzhang was appointed Viceroy of Zhili. 1870June — Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed. 1870Battle of Ürümqi 1872July — Mudan incident: The survivors of the Ryukyuan shipwreck who survive a massacre by Taiwanese indigenous peoples find shelter among Han Chinese locals and are shipped home from mainland China 1872太平天國最後一支軍隊覆滅。 1873Panthay Rebellion	Abolition of Han system, being replaced by a system of Japanese prefectures. 1869Boshin War 1869May — Emperor Meiji moved his residence from Kyoto to Tokyo. Edo castle became the Imperial Palace. This made Tokyo the formal capital of Japan. 1869The city of Edo was formally renamed to Tokyo ("eastern capital"). The city of Tokyo was officially established. 18721872 Hamada earthquake 1873Land Tax Reform (Japan 1873) 1873Seikanron: Japanese government debated and rejected the idea of the invasion of Korea.	Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada Great Chicago Fire The New York Times published evidence of Tweed's rampant greed. Treaty of Washington Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act Camp Grant massacre Battle of Blanco Canyon Warren Wagon Train raid Civil Service Reform Act passes 1869Texas v. White upholds Radical Reconstruction and states that once Texas joins the Union, its union was indissoluble. 1869The First transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. 1869Battle of Summit Springs 1870도금 시대 1870Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia are readmitted to the union 1870Marias Massacre 1870First graduate programs (at Yale and Harvard) 187015th Amendment 1870Black Codes 1872Yellowstone National Park created 1872Modoc War 1872U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant reelected president; Henry Wilson elected vice president 18721872 Owens Valley earthquake 1872Crédit Mobilier scandal 1872Alabama Claims 18721872 North Cascades earthquake 1872Battle of Lost River 1872Battle of Salt River Canyon 1872Battle of the North Fork of the Red River 1872Victoria Claflin Woodhull, first woman presidential candidate, enters presidential race. 1872Amnesty Act 1873Panic of 1873 1873Virginius Affair 1873Massacre Canyon 1873One of the first schools of nursing opens at Bellevue Hospital in New York 1873March 4, 1873 – President Grant begins second term; Wilson becomes the 18th vice president

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanMeiji era 1868–1912

United StatesUnited States 1776–

Battle of Ganghwa
신미양요 일어남, 전국에 척화비 건립KO

1869Famine in northern Korea that causes Koreans to flee to Russia.
1873최익현의 계유상소, 흥선대원군 하야
1873The palace Gyeongbokgung is reconstructed after having been abandoned since the Imjin War.

December — Mudan incident: A Ryukyuan tributary ship crashes off the southern coast of Taiwan
Li Hongzhang was appointed Viceroy of Zhili.

1870June — Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed.
1870Battle of Ürümqi
1872July — Mudan incident: The survivors of the Ryukyuan shipwreck who survive a massacre by Taiwanese indigenous peoples find shelter among Han Chinese locals and are shipped home from mainland China
1872太平天國最後一支軍隊覆滅。
1873Panthay Rebellion

Abolition of Han system, being replaced by a system of Japanese prefectures.

1869Boshin War
1869May — Emperor Meiji moved his residence from Kyoto to Tokyo. Edo castle became the Imperial Palace. This made Tokyo the formal capital of Japan.
1869The city of Edo was formally renamed to Tokyo ("eastern capital"). The city of Tokyo was officially established.
18721872 Hamada earthquake
1873Land Tax Reform (Japan 1873)
1873Seikanron: Japanese government debated and rejected the idea of the invasion of Korea.

Treaty of Washington with the British Empire regarding Canada
Great Chicago Fire
The New York Times published evidence of Tweed's rampant greed.
Treaty of Washington
Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
Ku Klux Klan Act
Camp Grant massacre
Battle of Blanco Canyon
Warren Wagon Train raid
Civil Service Reform Act passes

1869Texas v. White upholds Radical Reconstruction and states that once Texas joins the Union, its union was indissoluble.
1869The First transcontinental railroad is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory.
1869Battle of Summit Springs
1870도금 시대
1870Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia are readmitted to the union
1870Marias Massacre
1870First graduate programs (at Yale and Harvard)
187015th Amendment
1870Black Codes
1872Yellowstone National Park created
1872Modoc War
1872U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant reelected president; Henry Wilson elected vice president
18721872 Owens Valley earthquake
1872Crédit Mobilier scandal
1872Alabama Claims
18721872 North Cascades earthquake
1872Battle of Lost River
1872Battle of Salt River Canyon
1872Battle of the North Fork of the Red River
1872Victoria Claflin Woodhull, first woman presidential candidate, enters presidential race.
1872Amnesty Act
1873Panic of 1873
1873Virginius Affair
1873Massacre Canyon
1873One of the first schools of nursing opens at Bellevue Hospital in New York
1873March 4, 1873 – President Grant begins second term; Wilson becomes the 18th vice president