•113 years•07-30 (1912) Meiji Period Ends
After 45 years, the Meiji Period ends with the death of Emperor Meiji
•116 years•07-31 (1909) Fire Destroys Much of Northern Osaka
The Kita Taika fire destroys 11,365 houses and buildings in Osaka
•130 years•08-01 (1895) First Sino-Japanese War
War between China and Japan officially declared
•127 years•08-01 (1898) Japan's First Power Loom Patented
A patent is awarded to a power loom designed by Sakichi Toyoda
•155 years•08-03 (1870) Earliest Known Date of Kobe Oriental Hotel
Historically significant Kobe Oriental Hotel advertises for the first time
•126 years•08-04 (1899) "Beer Hall" Enters Japanese
The word Beer Hall is introduced into Japanese.
•126 years•08-04 (1899) Hakata Port Opened
The port of Hakata in Kyushu is opened for international trade
•149 years•08-05 (1876) Japan Abolishes Samurai System
Japan finally abolishes the samurai system by suspending government payments to them
•113 years•08-05 (1912) First Taxi Company Starts
The first Japanese taxi company starts business in Yuraku-cho, Tokyo
•154 years•08-09 (1871) Japan Abolishes the Samurai Topknot
The Japanese government encourages samurai to cut their distinctive topknot
•120 years•09-05 (1905) Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Ends
Russia and Japan sign the Treaty of Portsmouth to end the Russo-Japanese War
•96 years•09-07 (1929) Kazumasa Ogawa Dies
Japanese photographer Kazumasa Ogawa (1860-1929) dies
•151 years•09-13 (1874) Yokohama Shiloh Church Founded
Students of medical missionary James C. Hepburn establish Yokohama Shiloh Church
•117 years•09-21 (1908) Ernest Francisco Fenollosa Dies
Death of American art historian Ernest Fenollosa who helped preserve traditional Japanese art
•138 years•09-22 (1887) Okayama Orphanage Founded
Juji Ishii (1865-1914) founds Japan’s first orphanage
•151 years•10-02 (1874) Yomiuri Shimbun Founded
The Yomiuri Shimbun Founded in Tokyo
•141 years•10-07 (1884) Bernard-Thadée Petitjean Dies
Death of French priest Bernard-Thadée Petitjean, who revealed Nagasaki’s Christians
•153 years•10-10 (1872) Shinbashi Station Opened
Shinbashi Station is opened in Tokyo, completing Japan’s first railroad connection
•98 years•10-10 (1927) Georges Ferdinand Bigot Dies
French artist Georges Bigot (1860-1927), who depicted everyday life in Meiji Japan, dies
•184 years•10-16 (1841) Hirobumi Ito is Born
Japan’s most influential statesman, Hirobumi Ito, born in Choshu (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
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