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The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895), or the First China–Japan War, was a conflict between the Qing dynasty of China and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Korea. [2]
In 1895, the Japanese were involved in the murder of Empress Myeongseong, [222] [223] who had sought Russian help, and the Russians were forced to retreat from Korea for the time. Pro-Japanese government grew, while anti-Japanese politicians were either killed or fled for their survival.
The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81714-1. "The Memoirs of Ogawa Heikichi: The Story of a Japanese Soldier in Korea, 1894–1895" by Ogawa Heikichi "A Modern History of Korea: From the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present" by Michael Robinson
From around the time of the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, Japanese merchants started settling in towns and cities in Korea seeking economic opportunity. By 1908 the number of Japanese settlers in Korea was somewhere below the figure of 500,000, [ 58 ] comprising one of the nikkei communities in the world at the time.
The Donghak Peasant Revolution [a] (Korean: 동학농민혁명) was a peasant revolt that took place between 11 January 1894 and 25 December 1895 in Korea. The peasants were primarily followers of Donghak, a Neo-Confucian movement that rejected Western technology and ideals. The Revolution began in the province of Gobu-gun.
The assassination is highly contentious in Korea, where it is remembered as a symbol of Japan's historical atrocities on the peninsula. [13] Information about the assassination comes from a variety of sources, including the memoirs of some of the assassins, [3] the testimonies of foreigners who witnessed varying parts of the attack, [13] [14] the testimonies of Korean eyewitnesses, [15 ...
July 1894: Japanese intervention overthrew the pro-Chinese Korean regime and installed a pro-Japanese Korean regime; Gabo Reform began [7] July 1894 – April 1895: Japan won the First Sino-Japanese War and expelled Qing China from Korea [7] late 1894–1895: Japanese–Korean forces suppressed last Donghak rebels; King Gojong
The First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), between China (Qing dynasty) and Japan (Empire of Japan), primarily over control of Korea The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), began between China (Republic of China) and Japan (Empire of Japan) in 1937, eventually becoming part of World War II in December 1941 when China joined the Allies and ...