1890s

The 1890s was the decade of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Hundred Day Reforms.

1890

• 1890 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: gēngyín 庚寅, starting on January 21
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2434
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1951
  • Guāngxù 光緒 16
  • Meiji 明治 23
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1891

• 1891 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: xīnmǎo 辛卯, starting on February 9
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2435
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1952
  • Guāngxù 光緒 17
  • Meiji 明治 24
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1892

• 1892 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: rénchén 壬辰, starting on January 30
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2436
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1953
  • Guāngxù 光緒 18
  • Meiji 明治 25
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1893

• 1893 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: guǐsì 癸巳, starting on February 17
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2437
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1954
  • Guāngxù 光緒 19
  • Meiji 明治 26
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1894

• 1894 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: jiǎwǔ 甲午, starting on February 6
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2438
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1955
  • Guāngxù 光緒 20
  • Meiji 明治 27
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  • August 1: First Sino-Japanese War begins
  • November 21: Japan occupies Port Arthur

1895

• 1895 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: yǐwèi 乙未, starting on January 26
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2439
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1956
  • Guāngxù 光緒 21
  • Meiji 明治 28
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  • April 17: Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ending the First Sino-Japanese War
  • May 25: Qing officials in Taiwan proclaim Republic of Formosa
  • May 29: Japanese troops land in Jilong, Taiwan
  • October 21: Formosa resistance ended in Taiwan
  • October 26: Failed uprising in Guangzhou 廣州
  • December 8: Yuan Shikai appointed general of nascent New Army

1896

• 1896 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: bǐngshēn 丙申, starting on February 13
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2440
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1957
  • Guāngxù 光緒 22
  • Meiji 明治 29
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1897

• 1897 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: dīngyǒu 丁酉, starting on February 2
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2441
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1958
  • Guāngxù 光緒 23
  • Meiji 明治 30
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1898

• 1898 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: wùxū 戊戌, starting on January 22
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2442
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1959
  • Guāngxù 光緒 24
  • Meiji 明治 31
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  • March 6: German Empire leases Jiaozhou Bay (Qingdao) for 99 years
  • March: Russia leases Guandong territory (Port Arthur)
  • May 27: France occupies Guangzhouwan in Guangzhou
  • June 11 - September 21: The Hundred Days of Reform
  • September: Empress Dowager assumes regency of the Qing

1899

• 1899 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
  • Traditional Calendar: jǐhài 己亥, starting on February 10
  • Traditional Buddhist Year: 2443
  • Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1960
  • Guāngxù 光緒 25
  • Meiji 明治 32
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• Political Events