Countries of Our World: Japan

Hisory

This Will Be A Breif History Of Japan In The Form Of A Timeline

1542- Firearms Are Introduced To Japan From Portugual

1549- The Catholic Missionary, Frances Xavier Arrieves In Japan

1591- The First Japanese Printing Press Is Established

1592- Toyotomi Hideyoshi Attepts To Conquer Korea, But Is Repelled By The Chinese

1598- Hideyoshi dies after trying to invade Korea Again

1603- Japanese Subjects Are Divided Into 5 Herity Classes  (Lords, Samurai, Farmers, Artisans, Merchants)

1614- Christianity Is Banned From Japan

1633- Reading Foreign Books Is Forbiden

1639- Interaction With Foreigners To Nagasaki Is Restricted

1641-All Foreigners, Except Chinese And Dutch Are Banned (How Do They Ban Foreigners?)

1650- The Bushido Code (The Way Of The Warrior) Becomes The New Kind Of Noble

1707- Mt. Fuji Erupts

*-Sorry For The Time Skip, Japan Was Iscolated For About  2 Centuries-*

1854- The USA Forses Japan To Sign A Trade Agreement, Reopening Japan To Foreigners

1855- Russia And Japan Establish Diplomatic Relations

1864- British, French, Dutch And American Warships Bomb Choshu And Open More Japanese Ports For Foreigners

1870: The First Newspaper

1876: Japan Forces Korean Goverment To Sign The Treaty Of Kanghwa

1882: China Sends Troops To DefendTthe Korean Government And Japan SendsTtroops To Defend Its Delegation After It Is Attacked By A Mob

1885- China And Japan Agree To Pull Their Troops From Korea

1900- The Population Of Japan Is At 44 Million

1902- Japan Signs The London Treaty With Britain Which Recognizes Many Japan's Rights In Korea And Many Of Britain's Rights In China

1904: Japan Attacks Russia At Manchuria, Almost Completley Destroying the Russian Fleet In Port Arthur, And Invading Korea

1905- Japan Finishes Off The Russian Fleet

1921- The USA, Britain And Japan Agree That They Will Reduce Their Navies At The Washington Conference

1922- The Japanese Communist Party Is Founded

1928- The Japanese Population Reaches 65 Million

1930- Britain, Japan, France, Italy And The USA Sign The London Naval Treaty, Reducing Naval Warfare

1937- The Japanese Begin A Secret Program Of Naval Construction

1939- Japan Establishes The "Unit 731" Research Laboratory For Biological Warfare In Harbin, China, And Tests Biological Weapons On War Prisoners (10,000 Die)

1940: Italy, Germany And Japan Sign The Pact Of The "Axis"

1941- Japan Attacks The USA Pacific Fleet At Pearl Harbor

1945: Germany Surrenders To The Allies, USA, Britain and the Soviet Union

1945: The USA Drops Two Atomic Bombs On Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Ending World War II, And Making Japan Retreat From The Land It Took Over And Occupied