1896

1896 — Korea: January. Joseon begins to use the Gregorian calendar / Japan: 1896 Sanriku earthquake / United States: Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike

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KoreaJoseon 1392–1897	ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912	JapanMeiji era 1868–1912	United StatesUnited States 1776–
January. Joseon begins to use the Gregorian calendar. Independence Club April. Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded. February. Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation. 11 February. King Gojong flees to the Russian legation in Seoul. 1894First Sino-Japanese War 1894Battle of Pyongyang 1894Battle of Pungdo 1894동학농민운동 일어남, 갑오개혁 청일 전쟁 발발 1894June. The Gabo Reform is initiated. The reform ends in February the next year. 18958 October. Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese agents under Miura Goro. 1897대한제국 고종이 제위에 등극하고, 대한제국을 수립해 연호를 광무로 고침 1897October. King Gojong proclaims the Korean Empire and is crowned at the religious shrine Hwangudan in Seoul. 1897February. King Gojong established the Board of Marshals. All military power was henceforth centralized to the Emperor. 1897November. John McLeavy Brown constructs Pagoda Park. 1897September. The Donghwa Pharmacy opened in Seoul, Korea. The established corporation, now known as the Dong Wha Pharmacy Corporation., Limited (동화약품(주), 同和藥品(株)). The company, now the oldest pharmacy-based corporation in Korea, has products that are nationally famous, with its 'folding fan' trademark. 189720 February. King Gojong returned to the palace after 1 year of refuge at the Russian legation. 1898May. The Jong-hyun Catholic Church (종현본당, 鐘峴本堂) was finished of construction. It was the first Gothic architecture to be built in Korea. It was later called the Myeongdong Cathedral, the centre of the Korean 20th century. It is registered as a national historical landmark. 1898Independence Gate 1898January. The Seoul Electric Corporation (한성전기회사, 漢城電氣會社), or the Korea-American Electric Corporation (한미전기회사,韓美電氣會社) was opened as a joint-venture company between Americans Henry Collbran, H.R. Bostwick and Emperor Gojong. 1898만민공동회 개최, 독립신문에 여권 통문을 발표 1898August. Brown reported blueprint of the Pan-Korean railway to Gojong. 1898September 5. The Imperial Capital Gazette released its first print. The president of the company was Nam Gung-euk (남궁억,南宮檍). 1898September. Kim Hong-nyuk (김홍륙,金鴻陸) attempted assassination of Gojong by putting excess amount of opium in his coffee. It is to be noted that Gojong was a coffee lover. While Gojong spat out the coffee upon drinking it, his son Sunjong drank the opium-tainted coffee and suffered from mental and physical disabilities from the incident.	No events recorded for this year 1894August — First Sino-Japanese War: War was officially declared between Japan and the Qing dynasty. 1894Port Arthur massacre 1894中日甲午战争始。日军在旅顺进行大屠杀，超过两万人遇害。唐景崧任台湾省巡抚。興中會（中國國民黨前身）成立。 1895Battle of Weihaiwei 1895Battle of Yingkou 1895Battle of Chiatung 1895Battle of Chiayi 1895Battle of Changhsing 1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing cede the Penghu islands and Taiwan to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki 1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, under which it recognized the independence of Joseon, granted Japan MFN status and ceded to it Penghu, Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula. 1898Hundred Days' Reform 1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi puts the Guangxu Emperor under house arrest 1898Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula 1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi comes to power 1898September — Zhang Yuanji recommends ending Manchu-Han differences and dissolving the Eight Banners system 1898September — The Guangxu Emperor was removed from the imperial palace in a coup organized by Cixi and Ronglu, the Viceroy of Zhili.	1896 Sanriku earthquake June — Sanriku earthquake kills 22,066 people. 1894Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation 18941894 Shōnai earthquake 1894August — First Sino-Japanese War starts. 18951895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan 1895랴오둥반도 반환 조약 1895April — The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of Japan. 1895May — Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) 1897貨幣法が公布され、金本位制が確立する。 1898Nishi–Rosen Agreement 1898第1次大隈内閣成立（日本初の政党内閣）。	Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike Utah becomes a state Henry Ford builds his first automobile Plessy v. Ferguson 163 US 537 1896 affirms the idea of "separate but equal" U.S. presidential election, 1896: William McKinley elected president and Garret A. Hobart vice president William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech March 4, 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president 1894Pullman Strike 18941894 San Juan earthquake 1894Sunset Limited service opened on the second transcontinental route by Southern Pacific Railroad 1894Coxey's Army 1894Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act 1895William Randolph Hearst purchases the New York Morning Journal 1895Lee Shelton shoots Billy Lyons, spawning countless ballads. 1895Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. strikes down part of Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1897Lattimer massacre 1897Intentona de Yauco 1897Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition 1897Dingley tariff 1897Boston subway completed 1898Treaty of Paris 1898Hawaii annexed 1898USS Maine explodes in Havana, Cuba harbor, precipitating the Spanish–American War 1898Wilmington massacre 1898Newlands Resolution 1898Battle of Virden 1898American Anti-Imperialist League organized 1898Battle of Sugar Point 1898The City of Greater New York is created through the annexation of Brooklyn, Western Queens County, and Staten Island into New York City 1898De Lôme Letter

KoreaJoseon 1392–1897

ChinaQing dynasty 1636–1912

JapanMeiji era 1868–1912

United StatesUnited States 1776–

January. Joseon begins to use the Gregorian calendar.
Independence Club
April. Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded.
February. Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation.
11 February. King Gojong flees to the Russian legation in Seoul.

1894First Sino-Japanese War
1894Battle of Pyongyang
1894Battle of Pungdo
1894동학농민운동 일어남, 갑오개혁 청일 전쟁 발발
1894June. The Gabo Reform is initiated. The reform ends in February the next year.
18958 October. Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese agents under Miura Goro.
1897대한제국 고종이 제위에 등극하고, 대한제국을 수립해 연호를 광무로 고침
1897October. King Gojong proclaims the Korean Empire and is crowned at the religious shrine Hwangudan in Seoul.
1897February. King Gojong established the Board of Marshals. All military power was henceforth centralized to the Emperor.
1897November. John McLeavy Brown constructs Pagoda Park.
1897September. The Donghwa Pharmacy opened in Seoul, Korea. The established corporation, now known as the Dong Wha Pharmacy Corporation., Limited (동화약품(주), 同和藥品(株)). The company, now the oldest pharmacy-based corporation in Korea, has products that are nationally famous, with its 'folding fan' trademark.
189720 February. King Gojong returned to the palace after 1 year of refuge at the Russian legation.
1898May. The Jong-hyun Catholic Church (종현본당, 鐘峴本堂) was finished of construction. It was the first Gothic architecture to be built in Korea. It was later called the Myeongdong Cathedral, the centre of the Korean 20th century. It is registered as a national historical landmark.
1898Independence Gate
1898January. The Seoul Electric Corporation (한성전기회사, 漢城電氣會社), or the Korea-American Electric Corporation (한미전기회사,韓美電氣會社) was opened as a joint-venture company between Americans Henry Collbran, H.R. Bostwick and Emperor Gojong.
1898만민공동회 개최, 독립신문에 여권 통문을 발표
1898August. Brown reported blueprint of the Pan-Korean railway to Gojong.
1898September 5. The Imperial Capital Gazette released its first print. The president of the company was Nam Gung-euk (남궁억,南宮檍).
1898September. Kim Hong-nyuk (김홍륙,金鴻陸) attempted assassination of Gojong by putting excess amount of opium in his coffee. It is to be noted that Gojong was a coffee lover. While Gojong spat out the coffee upon drinking it, his son Sunjong drank the opium-tainted coffee and suffered from mental and physical disabilities from the incident.

No events recorded for this year

1894August — First Sino-Japanese War: War was officially declared between Japan and the Qing dynasty.
1894Port Arthur massacre
1894中日甲午战争始。日军在旅顺进行大屠杀，超过两万人遇害。唐景崧任台湾省巡抚。興中會（中國國民黨前身）成立。
1895Battle of Weihaiwei
1895Battle of Yingkou
1895Battle of Chiatung
1895Battle of Chiayi
1895Battle of Changhsing
1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing cede the Penghu islands and Taiwan to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, under which it recognized the independence of Joseon, granted Japan MFN status and ceded to it Penghu, Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula.
1898Hundred Days' Reform
1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi puts the Guangxu Emperor under house arrest
1898Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula
1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi comes to power
1898September — Zhang Yuanji recommends ending Manchu-Han differences and dissolving the Eight Banners system
1898September — The Guangxu Emperor was removed from the imperial palace in a coup organized by Cixi and Ronglu, the Viceroy of Zhili.

1896 Sanriku earthquake
June — Sanriku earthquake kills 22,066 people.

1894Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
18941894 Shōnai earthquake
1894August — First Sino-Japanese War starts.
18951895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan
1895랴오둥반도 반환 조약
1895April — The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of Japan.
1895May — Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
1897貨幣法が公布され、金本位制が確立する。
1898Nishi–Rosen Agreement
1898第1次大隈内閣成立（日本初の政党内閣）。

Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike
Utah becomes a state
Henry Ford builds his first automobile
Plessy v. Ferguson 163 US 537 1896 affirms the idea of "separate but equal"
U.S. presidential election, 1896: William McKinley elected president and Garret A. Hobart vice president
William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech
March 4, 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president

1894Pullman Strike
18941894 San Juan earthquake
1894Sunset Limited service opened on the second transcontinental route by Southern Pacific Railroad
1894Coxey's Army
1894Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
1895William Randolph Hearst purchases the New York Morning Journal
1895Lee Shelton shoots Billy Lyons, spawning countless ballads.
1895Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. strikes down part of Wilson-Gorman Tariff
1897Lattimer massacre
1897Intentona de Yauco
1897Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
1897Dingley tariff
1897Boston subway completed
1898Treaty of Paris
1898Hawaii annexed
1898USS Maine explodes in Havana, Cuba harbor, precipitating the Spanish–American War
1898Wilmington massacre
1898Newlands Resolution
1898Battle of Virden
1898American Anti-Imperialist League organized
1898Battle of Sugar Point
1898The City of Greater New York is created through the annexation of Brooklyn, Western Queens County, and Staten Island into New York City
1898De Lôme Letter