1894

• Mar

  Donghak Peasant Rebellion (Gabo Revolution) breaks out in Korea

• 01 May

  In Korea the Donghak Peasant Army captures Jeonju

• 01 Jun

  Korean government asks China to send troops to deal with the Donghak Rebellion

• 02

  Japanese government decides to dispatch forces to Korea to protect Japanese living there

• 07

  Japan and China notify each other of their despatch of troops to Korea

• 08

  Chinese begin to station troops at Asan

• 11

  Korean government and Donghak Peasant Army conclude Jeonju Truce

• 12

  Japanese forces begin landing at Incheon

• 09 Jul

  Britain offers to mediate between Japan and China but China refuses

• 16

  Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded (ratified 27 August)

• 23

  Japanese army captures Gyeongbok Palace in Hanseong

• 25

  Battle of Pungdo (Kowshing Incident)

• 29

  Fall of Seonghwan

• 01 Aug

  Japan and China declare war on each other

• 15 Sep

  Fall of Pyongyang

• 17

  Battle of the Yalu River

• Oct

  Second Donghak Rebellion in Korea

• 24

  Japanese forces cross the Yalu River

• 26

  Fall of Jiuliancheng

• 29

  Fall of Fenghuangcheng

• 05 Nov

  Fall of Dagushan

• 06

  Fall of Jinzhou

• 11

  Fall of Lianshanguan

• 21

  Fall of Port Arthur

• end Nov

  Donghak Peasant Army defeated by Japanese forces at Gongju in Chungcheong Province

• 13. Dec

  Fall of Haicheng

1895

• 20 Jan

  Japanese forces land on Shandong Peninsula

• 31

  Chinese delegation arrives in Japan but peace negotiations do not take place

• 17 Feb

  Fall of Weihaiwei

• 04 Mar

  Fall of Niuzhuang

• 19

  Chinese ambassador plenipotentiary Li Hongzhang visits Japan

• 20

  Peace conference between Japan and China begins in Shimonoseki

• 23

  Japanese forces land on Penghu Island

• 24

  Li Hongzhang attacked in Shimonoseki

• 25

  Fall of Magong (Penghu Island)

• 30

  Ceasefire agreed between Japan and China

• 17 Apr

  Peace treaty concluded between Japan and China (Treaty of Shimonoseki)

• 23

  Russia, France and Germany demand that Japan return the Liaodong Peninsula to China (Triple Intervention)

• 10 May

  Japanese government establishes Office of Governor-General of Taiwan

• 23

  Declaration of independence of Republic of Formosa

• 25

  Republic of Formosa officially established

• 29

  Japanese army lands in the north of Taiwan

• 06 Jun

  Japanese army enters Taipei

• 17

  Inauguration of Office of Governor-General of Taiwan

• 25 Jul

  Fall of Hsinchu

• 29 Aug

  Fall of Changhua

• 09 Oct

  Fall of Chiayi

• 21

  Fall of Tainan and collapse of Republic of Formosa

• 18 Nov

  Office of Governor-General of Taiwan announces conquest of Taiwan