1894 in Japan
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This is a list of events in the year 1894 in Japan. It corresponds to Meiji 27 (明治27年) in the Japanese calendar.
Incumbents
Governors
- Aichi Prefecture: Tokito Konkyo
- Akita Prefecture: Yasuhiko Hirayama
- Aomori Prefecture: Masa Sawa
- Ehime Prefecture: Katsumata Minoru then Chang Masaya Komaki
- Fukui Prefecture: Kunizo Arakawa
- Fukuoka Prefecture: Kojiro Iwasaki
- Fukushima Prefecture: Yoshio Kusaka
- Gifu Prefecture: Michio Sokabe
- Gunma Prefecture: Motootoko Nakamura
- Hiroshima Prefecture: Baron Nabeshima Miki
- Ibaraki Prefecture: Takasaki
- Iwate Prefecture: Ichizo Hattori
- Kagawa Prefecture: Baron Umashi Obata
- Kochi Prefecture: Ishida Eikichi
- Kumamoto Prefecture: Matsudaira Masanao
- Kyoto Prefecture: Hiroshi Nakai then Chiaki Watanabe
- Mie Prefecture: Shangyi Narukawa
- Miyagi Prefecture: Minoru Katsumata
- Nagano Prefecture: Asada Tokunor
- Niigata Prefecture: Baron Seung Zhi Kuwata
- Oita Prefecture: Tameharu Yamada
- Okinawa Prefecture: Shigeru Narahara
- Osaka Prefecture: Nobumichi Yamada
- Saga Prefecture: Takaya Nagamine then Teru Tanabe
- Saitama Prefecture: Tomi Senketaka
- Shimane Prefecture: Mamoru Funakoshi then Oura Kanetake
- Tochigi Prefecture: Orita Hirauchi then Sato Nobu
- Tokyo: Miura Yasushi
- Toyama Prefecture: Tokuhisa Tsunenori
- Yamagata Prefecture: Hasebe Ren then Shuichi Kinoshita
Events
- July 25 – Battle of Pungdo[2]
- July 28–29 – Battle of Seonghwan[3]
- September 15 – Battle of Pyongyang[3]
- September 17 – Battle of the Yalu River (1894)[2]
- October 24 – Battle of Jiuliancheng[3]
- November 21 – Battle of Lushunkou; Japanese forces storm all China's landward defences by noon the following day.[4]
Births
- January 1 – Shitsu Nakano, super-centenarian (d. 2007)
- April 15 – Kiichi Hasegawa, naval commander (d. 1944)
- April 18 – Kitsuju Ayabe, military commander (d. 1980)
- April 25 – Takeshi Mori, military commander (d. 1945)[5]
- October 21 – Edogawa Ranpo, author and critic (d. 1965)
- November 27 – Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Matsushita Electric (d. 1989)
- date unknown – Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Japan's whisky industry (d. 1979)
Deaths
- May 16 – Kitamura Tokoku, poet, essayist and writer (b. 1868)
- July 6 – Takahashi Yuichi, yōga painter (b. 1828)
References
- ^ "Meiji | emperor of Japan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b Stewart, William (2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. McFarland. p. 312. ISBN 9780786438099.
- ^ a b c War. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2009. p. 452. ISBN 9781405347785.
- ^ Paine, S.C.M. (2003). ArizoThe Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perception, Power, and Primacy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 197–213. ISBN 0-521-61745-6.
- ^ Brooks, Lester (1968). Behind Japan's Surrender: The Secret Struggle That Ended an Empire. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company
