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The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 Map and Chronology
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- 1894
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- Mar
- Donghak Peasant Rebellion (Gabo Revolution) breaks out in Korea
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- 31 May
- In Korea the Donghak Peasant Army captures Jeonju
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- 01 Jun
- Korean government asks China to send troops to deal with the Donghak Rebellion
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- 02
- Japanese government decides to dispatch forces to Korea to protect Japanese living there
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- 07
- Japan and China notify each other of their despatch of troops to Korea
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- 08
- Chinese begin to station troops at Asan
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- 11
- Korean government and Donghak Peasant Army conclude Jeonju Truce
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- 12
- Japanese forces begin landing at Incheon
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- 09 Jul
- Britain offers to mediate between Japan and China but China refuses
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- 16
- Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded (ratified 27 August)
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- 01 Aug
- Japan and China declare war on each other
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- 15 Sep
- Fall of Pyongyang
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- 10
- Second Donghak Rebellion in Korea
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- 05 Nov
- Fall of Dagushan
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- 06.
- Fall of Jinzhou
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- end Nov
- Donghak Peasant Army defeated by Japanese forces at Gongju in Chungcheong Province
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- 13 Dec
- Fall of Haicheng
- 1895
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- 31
- Chinese delegation arrives in Japan but peace negotiations do not take place
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- 17 Feb
- Fall of Weihaiwei
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- 04 Mar
- Fall of Niuzhuang
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- 19
- Chinese ambassador plenipotentiary Li Hongzhang visits Japan
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- 23
- Japanese forces land on Penghu Island
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- 24
- Li Hongzhang attacked in Shimonoseki
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- 25
- Fall of Magong (Penghu Island)
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- 30
- Ceasefire agreed between Japan and China
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- 23
- Russia, France and Germany demand that Japan return the Liaodong Peninsula to China (Triple Intervention)
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- 10 May
- Japanese government establishes Office of Governor-General of Taiwan
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- 23
- Declaration of independence of Republic of Formosa
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- 25
- Republic of Formosa officially established
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- 06 Jun
- Japanese army enters Taipei
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- 17
- Inauguration of Office of Governor-General of Taiwan
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- 25 Jul
- Fall of Hsinchu
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- 29 Aug
- Fall of Changhua
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- 09 Oct
- Fall of Chiayi
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- 18 Nov
- Office of Governor-General of Taiwan announces conquest of Taiwan