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APPENDI X A
COM PARATIVE TABLE OF DATES :
WESTERN, JAPANESE, CHINESE, A ND KOREA..!.~
Western Japanes e Chinese Korean
1394 Meiji 27 Kuang-hsU 20 Kojong a
31 1895 28 2 1 32
189 6 29 22 33 or Kon'yangb
1897 30 23 34 or Kwang'mu 1898 31 24 35
1899 32 25 36
1900 33 26 37 1901 34 27 38 1902 35 28 39 1903 36 29 40 1904 37 30 41 1905 38 31 42
1906 39 32 43
1907 40 33 44) d Sunjong 1) or Yung'hi
1908 41 34 2
1909 42 HsUan-t 1ung 1 3
1910 43 2 4
a Kojong is the temple name o f King Yi Hyong (l ate r Yi T' aewang).
b The 33d_year of K ojong is also known as the 1st year of Kon'yang.
c Kojong 34th through 44th years are Cllso known as Kwang-mu 1st through 11 th. This era name was adopted when King Kojong became Emperor.
dIn 1907 King Kojong abdicated in favor of his son Ch'ok , who became Emperor Sunjong. Yung ' hi is the name of his era.
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Name
.3hirn Sun-t 1aek
Ki:n Hong- jip
Kim Hong-jip
Pak Chong-yang
Kim Hong- jip
Pak Chong-yang
Kim Hong- jip
Pak Chong-yang
Kim Pyong- s i
Yun Yong-son
Kim Pyong-si
Shim Sun-t 1aek
Cho Pyong- ho
Cho Pyong-sik
Yun Yong- son
Cho Pyong-se
Kim Kyu-hong
Yun Yong-son
Kim Klin-myon,g ·
Yun Yong-:-si:>n
K im KUn. -myong
Cho Pyong-ho
Cho P y iSng- sik
Min Yong-hw an
Shi1n Sang-hun
C ho Myong- sik
H a n Kyu -so1
M i n Yong-ch 1ol
APPENDlX J3 .
KOREAN PRIME MINISTERS, 1894 -1 91 0
Date of Appointment Remarks
D ec . 8 , 1885 Chancellor
Jul y 15 , 1394 II
July 23, 1894 Prime Micister
Jan. 21' 1895
Apr. 1895
June 7, 1895
Aug. 24, 1895
Feb. 10, 1896 Temporary (Minister o f Interior)
Feb. 11, 1896
Mar. 20, 1896
Sept. 24, 189 6
July 30, 1897 Acting
Feb. 28 , 1898
Oct. 17' 1898 Acting
Oct. 20, 1898
Nov. 20, 189 8
Dec. 4, 1898
Dec. 6, 18 98
! Jan. 21, 1903
July 12, 190 3 Acci.;]_g !
S ept. 12, 190 3 ·~
Jan. 22, 1904
Mar. 12' 1905
Mar. 26, 1905 Acti!Jg
May 5, 1905 I!
Aug. 19, 190 5 !I
Aug. 27, 1905 I!
Nov . 17, 1905 II
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Name
Pak Che-sun
Yi Wan-yong
Date of Appointment
Nov. 2 8, 1 9 0 5
May 22 , 1907
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Remarks
.Acting (Foreign Minister}
Remained in office until the annexation of Korea in Aug1.:s.t . 1910
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APPENDIX C
KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTERS, 1894-1905
Name Date of Appointment Remarks
Cho Pyo:-1g- jik Jan. 2, 18 94 President*
K irn Hak.- c hin Apr . 2 3, 1894 Actin g P re sident
Cho Py<:Sng -jik May 29, 189 4 Preside m:
Kim Ha- jin July 29, 1894 Acting President
Kim Yu..'l- sik Aug. 4, 1894 President
Kim Yun-sik Aug. 23, 1895 Minister of Foreign Affairs**
Yi Wan-yong Feb. 10, 1896 Temporary
Yi \'lan-yong Feb. 12, 1896 lvlin.ister of Foreign Affairs
Ko Y<:Sng-hi Sept. 25, 1896 Acting
Yi Wan-yong Oct. lZ, 1896
Min Chong-muk July 2, 1897 Acting
Cho P y ong -sik Nov. 18, 1897
Min Chong-mul~ Feb. 18, 1898 Acting
Cho Pyl:ing - sik Mar. 29, 1898 II
Yu Ki-'.h \.van May 30, 18 98 II
Yi To- ja.e Aug . 8, 1898 "
Pak C he -sun Aug. 25, 1898 II
Cno Pyong- sik Sept. 2 4 , 1898
* P resi dent of T'ongni kyos<:Sp t'ongsang sarnu amun., the equivalent of th e Chinese T s ungli Yamen.
~'~" In August 1895 this office was r enamed Oemun amtm {Foreign Office ).
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Name Date of Appointment Remarks ---. Pak Che- sun Oct. 10' 1898
Min Sang - ho Nov . 28, 1898 Acting
Pak Che- sun Dec. 7, 1898
Yi To-jae Mar. 24, 1899
Pak Che-sun Apr. 10' 1899
Min Chong-muk Jan. 1900 Acting
Pak Che-sun Apr. 10' 1900
Cho Py~ng-sik Jan. 30, 1902
Yi To-jae · Dec. 17, 1902 Acting
Yi Chi-yong Aug. 19, 1903 Acting
Yi Ha-y<Sng Apr. 2, 1904***
Pak Che-sun Sept. 18, 1905****
*** In August 1904 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Ch 1i -ho negotiated and signed the first Japanese-Korean Treaty as Acting Foreign M ini ster.
**** The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was abolished on Novem.be;: 17, 1905 ..
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APPENDI X D -
KOREAJ'l" REPRESEN TATIVES IN J AP AN, 188 7- 1905
Name Rank Date of Appointment
?viin Y 6ng - jun Mini ster-Re sident July 21' 1887
K im. Ha - jin Charge d'Affaires Oct . 1388
K im Sa-ch 'ISl II Sept. 11, 1893
Yi Jun.-yong Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Nov. 1894?
Ko Y<Sng -hi II July l-895-?
Kim Ha-jin II Sept. 189 5 ?
Yi Ha-y<Sng II Mar. 12, 189 6
C ho P y <Sng-sik II Sept. 5, 1900
S<Sng Ki-un II Dec. 24, 1900
Ko Y<Sng-"P..i II Mar. 9. 1903
C ho Min-hi II Mar. 18, 1904*
* The Korean Legation in Japan was closed in De cembe r 1905 .
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Inoue Kaoru
Ito Hirobumi
Okuma Shigenobu
Aoki Shi:izo
Enomoto Takeaki
Mutsu Munemitsu
Saionji Kimmochi
Mutsu Munemitsu
Saionji Kimmochi
Okuma Shigenobu
Nishi Tokujiro
Okuma Shigenobu
Aoki Shuzo
Kato T akaaki
Sone Arasuke
Komura Jutaro
Katsur a Taro
Komura J"Utaro
Katsura Taro
Komura Jutar6
Kat o Takaaki
Saionji Kimmo c hi
Hayashi Tadasu
S aionji Kimmochi
Hayashi T ada su
Terauchi Masatake
Komura Jutar6
Hayashi Tadasu
APPENDIX E
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS, 1879-1911
Date of Appointment
Sept. 10, 1879
Sept. 17, 1887
Feb. 1, 1888
Dec. 24, 1889
May 29, 1891
Aug. 8, 1892 -.
June 5, 1895
Apr. 3, 1896
May 30, 1896
Sept. 22, 1896
Nov. 6, 1897
June 30, 18 98
Nov, 8, 1898
Oct. 19, 1900
June 2, 1901
Sept. 21' 1901
July 3, 1905
Oct. 18, 1905
Nov. 4, 1905
Jan. 2 , 1906
Jan. 7, 1906
Mar. 3, 1906
May 19, 1906
Aug. 30, 1906
Sept. 18, 1906
July 14, 1908
Aug. 27, 1908
Aug. 30, 1911
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Remarks
Conc=rently Prime Minister
Temporary
Concurrently Prime Minister
Temporary , concurrently Prime Minister
.Temporary
Concurrently Prime Minister
Temporary
APPENDIX F
JAPANESE CHIEF REPRESENTATIVES IN KORE_-!·_, :38 0-1910
Name
H anabusa Yoshimoto
T ake z.oe Shin 1 i chi .r6
Kor.C:o Makuwa
Kawakita T os hisuke
Kawakita Toshisuke
Kajiyama Te_isuke
Ois hi Masami
Otor i Keisuke
Inou e Kaoru
Miura Goro
K omura Jutaro
Komura Jutaro
H a r a Satoshi
K a to Masuo
Kato Masuo
Hayashi Gonsuke
Ito Hi robumi
Sone Arasuke
Ter a uchi 1vlasatake
T erauchi Masatake
Note: 1. Benri Koshi 5 . Sotoku
Rank
1 M inis te r Resident
Miniscer .Res.idenc 2
Charge d ' Afia1re s
Charge d'Affaires
Minister Resident
Minister Resident
M inister Resident
Envoy Extraordinar y and 3
Minister Plenipotentiary (Concurrently to China)
Envoy Extraordinary a n d 1v1ini s te r Plenipotentiary
Envoy E xtraordinary and Minister Plenipot ent i a r y
Minister Resident
Envoy Extraordinary and Mini ste r Pl enipotentiary
Envoy Ext r aorcEna:-;.· an d M inis ter Plenipotentiary
Mini ste r Resident
Envoy E xtraordinary and Minister Plenipotenti ary
Envo y Extraordinary and Minister Pleni:?otentiary
. 4 R e s1dent- G e ner al
Resident - General
Resident G eneral 5
Governor -General
2. Da iri Koshi 3. Tokume i Zen:.-e:-. I:-:3shi
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Date of Appointment
Apr. 17' 188 0
}'; o,,- . 6 , 1882
_.!\u.g . 6, 1887
Dec . 17, 1890
Mar. 10' 1891
Mar.. 24, 1891
D ec. 16, 1892
J uly 26, 189 3
Oct. 15 ' 1894
Aug . 17, 1895
Oct. 17
1395 '
Apr . 8, 1396
June 1 1 ' 189 6
FeD . 2 3, 1897
Nov . 29' 1898
Jlme 1' 1899
Jan . 31, 1906
June 14, 1909
)..lay 30 , 1910
Sept. 30, 1910
4. Tokan
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APPENDIX G
JAPANESE CONSULS IN KOREA , 1880-1 90 6
Name Rank Dat~ of A?pob.tment
W6nsan Consulate
Mae da Kenki c hi Consul F eb . 21, 1880
Soeda· Setsu II July 31, 1882
Oku Gisei Acting Consul De c. 6, 1884
Watanabe Osamu Vice-Consul Aug. 21, 1886
Hisamizu Sabur6 Acting Consul July 1, 1889
Miyamoto Hi II II May 11, 1892
Nakagawa Tsunejir6 Vice-Consul July 14 , 1893
Uen o Sen'ichi Consul D ec. 23, 1893
Futaguchi Yoshihisa II Fe'::>. 27. 1896
Ogawa Morishige II N o·.· . 21, 1898
Mut6 Seijiro II se~t. 19 , 1899
Segawa Asanoshin II Ju:. ·:~ 8, 1901
Iwasaki Kazuo II May 1902
0Ki Yasunosuke II J uly 2.3, 190 3 ....
SCSnjin Branch
Kubo Shozo Chief July 2.:\. . , 1899
Kawakami T atei chiro II (Later Vice-Consul) Oc!:. ll, 1900
Pusan Cons ul a te
Kondo Makuwa Consul Ap:-. 23, 1880
Miyamoto _Hi II Fep. 1882
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Name Rank Date of Appo intment
P usan Consulate (cont. )
S oeda S e tsu C onsul J une 1882.
M aeda K erikichi II Aug ; -li38 Z
Miyamoto Hi Ac ting C onsul F e b . 25 , 188 6
Murota Yoshi bumi C onsul Nov. 4, 1886
T a t suta Kaku II Mar. 1890
N a kagawa Tsu nejir6 Vice-Consul M ay 1, 1891
1'v~urota Yoshibum.i Consul July 13 . 1892.
Yamaz a Enjir6 Acting Consul Nov . 7. 1894
K a t6 Masua Consul Nov. 12, 1894
Akizuki Satsuo II Apr . 29, 1896
S akat a J ujir6 Acting Consul M ay 29 , 18 96
S akata Jujir6 Vic e- Consul July 24 , 1896
Ij uin Hikokichi Cons ul Nov . 2, 1896
N os e Tatsugor6 II M ay 1899
Shide har a Kijur6 II S ept. 1901
Ariyos hi Akira II Feb. 190 4
ln,:ho n Consul:l.te
K ondo Makuwa C onsul Apr . 20, 188 2
Sugimura Fukashi Vice -Consul J a n. 11 . 1883
Kobayashi Hashiichi C on ;:;ul .-\?r . 10 , 188 3
Hisamizu Sabur6 Acti ng Consul June 5 , 1885
Suz1..1ki Mits umi C onsul Feb. 6, 1886
Hayashi G onslLl.ce Vice - Consul Dec . 2. 6, 1888
Ito Akisaku Ac ting C onsul Apr. 25 , 1890
Haya shi G onsuke C onsul July 26, 1900
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N a me Rank Date o: Appointme nt
I nchon Con sulate (c ont. )
Nose T a tsugoro Vice-Consul May 6 1 1892
· Eitaki H is·akichi Acting -Co nsul Oct.· 1 I .1894. ·
Chinda Sutemi Cons ul Jan . 18, 1895
Yamaza Enjiro A c ting Consul M ay 25, 189_5
Hashiguchi Naoemon Consul O ct . 8, 1895
Hagiwara Shuic hi Acting Consul Dec . 28 1 1895
I shi i Kikujir6 Consul O ct . 6, 1896
Shidehara Kijuro Acting Consul Nov. 14, 1898
Ijiiin Hikokichi Consul May 11 1 1899
Ariyoshi Akira Acting Consul Feb. 1901
Kato Motoshiro Consul Aug. 16 , 1901
Seoul Consulate
Shimamura Hisas hi Vice - Consul Oct. 30 , 1884
YUki Akihiko Acting Consul May 16, 1885
Hisamizu Saburo II May 31, 1887
Hashiguchi Naoemon Vice-Consul Aug. 8, 1887
Su gimur a Fukashi C onsul - Nov . I 5, 18 9 1
Uchida Sadatsuchi II Nov. 18 I 18 9 3
Kato Masua II July 8, 189 6
.A..k i z uki Satsuo II Feb. 1897
Shi nobu J ump ei Ac ting C onsul Oct. H , 1899
Yamaza Enjiro C onsul De c . 7, 1899
Mimas u Kumekichi II June 26 , 1900
Chi nnamp 1o Consulate
Ishii K ikuj iro Consul O ct. 4, 18 9 7
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Rank Da te o: J\u<:Joint ment
C hin:1am.p 1o Cons ulate (cont.)
Oki Yasunosuke Acting C onsul ~o .·. 12 , 1898
. . . N aka yaxna K akichiro C onsul · F e.":-1 . 17 , 190 1
Someya S higeaki Vic e -C onsul
P yongyang H rancb
S hinjo C hief (Later Vice -C o nsul) A u g . 10, 1899
~io~p'o Cons ulate
Hisamizu S abu ro Consul Ocr. 25 , 1397
Morikawa Kishiro II J uly 12 , 1899
Waka m a tsu Tos a buro II J Wle 5, 1902
Kun san Branch
As ayama K enzo Chi e f M 2.y 26 , 1899
T suchiya Kumez o II 190 11.1 9 02?
Yokoda S a b uro II 19 02 /1 903?
N ar ishima Asaichi II 1903/1904?
lvlasan Consulate
K a w a kami T ateichiro Acting C on s u l :\t(Z:. y 22 , 1899
II II ='~ s v . ;1 189 9 . , Nakarr1ura T akashi
S akat a Jujiro II II D e c. 29 , 18 99
Sakata Jujiro Consul A?r .ll, 1900
1v!iura Yagoro II N ov. 4 , 1902
NOTES : Some dates are dat e s of ar rival in Kore a . In some instances n o accur ate date could b e establis;:ec dc: e to t he abse nc e of re co r ds in t he J a p anese Ministry o£ Fore i gn Affai::s.
All J apane se c onsula t es in Korea were closed on J a ::u a::y :1 , 1906.
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APPENDIX H
OPENING DATES OF KOREAN TH.EATY FORTS
Pusan October 1876
W~nsan April 1880
Inchon (Chemu1p'o) Janu~ry 188 3 ,• ' ..... --- ··-:- . . .
Yang'hwajin (Seoul) August 18 8 3
Ky<Sng 1hling 1887
Chinnarnp.to October 1897
Mokp 1o October 1887
Pyongyang August 18 98
Kunsan May 1899
Mas an May 1899
Songjin June 189 9
Yong1amp 1o August 1906
Ch 1(5ngjin April 1908
Shin1iju Augus t 1910 -~
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1876
1882
l oB 3
1884
1885
1886
1892.
Feb. 26
May 22
Nov . 26
June 26 July 7 Dec . 4-7
A PPE N DI X I
CHR ONOLOGY, 1876- 19 10
Korean - J apanese Treaty of A1nity (The Kanghwa .Tre aty) · signed.
Korean-Americ an Tr eat y of 1\..mity and Cornmerce {The S hufe l dt Treaty or Chemu l p ' o Treaty ) signe:i a.t Inchon (Chemulp ' o ) .
Korean-German Treaty of r'l..rnity , Commerce, and Naviga tion signed. Korean-Bdtish Treaty of A...-nity, Corrunerce , and Navigation sign e d.
Korean-Italian Treaty of Amity, Commerc e , and Navigat ion signed. Korean-Russian Treaty of Amity and Comme rc e signed. The "Kapsin Incident." Coup d'etat by Pak Yong -hyo, Kim Ok - Kyun and
other progressive s with the cooperation of J apane s e M inister Takezoe. Assassination or wounding of Min Yl:5ng-i.lc , Min Tae-ho and other Ministers . Establi shment of a new radi c al progressive government under Yi Chae-wtln.
6 Counter-revolution under t he command of YUan Shih- k 1ai . Fall of the
Jan. 9
Apr. 18
May 12
June 4 S ept.
June 23
Mar. 23
28
31
Apr. 12
revolutionary g o vernment. Flight of Japanese Minister Takezoe and m e mbers of the Progressive (or Independent) P ar ty to Inc hon .
The Hans~ng (Seo ul) Treaty signed between J apan and Korea, settling the Japanese property damage claims aris ing from the Kapsin Incident of Dec. 4-7, 1884.
Sino-Japanese (Li-Ito or Tientsin) Convention on Korea signed by Li H ung chang and Ito Hirobmni.
British forc es occupie d Port Hamilton (Komundo Island). (Remained u n til February 188 1.)
Korean -French Treat y o f Amity , C ommerce, and Navigation s:gned. Se cre t oral agreeme nt regar ding Ko rea between Russ ia and C hin a .
Treaty of Amity, C ommerce , and Navigation between K orea an d Austria..: Hungary signed.
* * 1894
Kim Ok -kylin , accomp a nied by· Hong Chong-u , sailed from Kobe for Shanghai.
Kim Ok -kyi:ln assassinated b y Hong Chong-u in Shanghai . Attempted ass a ssination of P ak Yong- hyo b y Yi ll-sik in T okyo,
Interrogation of Yi ll-sik a nd Pak Yong-hyo by t he T okyo Metr opoli tan P ol i ce .
Hong Chong-u r eturned witP. K1m Ok-kyu ... '1. 1S body to Inchon aboar d t he
9 3
Apr. 12 30
May 6 31 .
June l 2
3 6 7
June 10 12 14 16
21 25
26
27
30
July 3
9
12 20
23
25
26 28
28 -29 31
Aug. l 20 26
Sept. 1 Oct. 15 Nov. 20
Dec. 17
1894 (cont. )
Chinese warship "Wei-ch1ing." lunerican Minister-Resident John M. B. Sill arr ive d in Seoul. The outbreak of the Tonghak Rebellion. (Sporadic riots si:lce autumn 189 3.) Chonju occupied by the Tonghaks. Korean court asked for Chinese military assista.TJ.ce through Yllan Shih-k1ai. Japanese cabinet decided to send one brigade to Korea in case China sends troops
to Korea. Korea officially requested Chinese military ass is tance. China notified Japa·n of sending troops to Korea. Japan notified China of sending troops to Korea. Japanese Minister Otori Keisuke returned to Seoul with a detachment of marines. Chinese expediti onary forces landed at Asan. Korean government demanded the withdrawal of Japanese troops irom Korea. Japanese brigade landed at Inchon .. Japanese Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu
proposed to. the Chinese Minister in Tokyo a joint plan for the suppression of the Tonghak Rebellion and for the implementation of reforms in Korea.
Chinese government rejected the Japanese proposal. Upon the request of the Korean government, the American, British, French, and
Russian Ministers in Seoul urged China and Japan to 'Withdraw simultaneously their troops from Korea.
Japanese Minister to Korea Otori strongly urged the King to carry out internal reforms.
Special instructions from the Japanese Foreign Ministry to Minister Otori to ·prepare an appropriate pretext for the beginning of hostilities.
Russian Minister in Tokyo advised Japan to comply with the Korean demand for the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Korea and war::ted that otherwise Japan would assume grave responsibilities.
Qtori presented to the Korean government a plan for administrative reform. American Minister in Tokyo warned Japan not to reject the Korean demand for the
withdrawal of Japanese troops from Korea. U.S. Achniral S. Kerett arrived at Inchon. Otori presented an ultimatum to the Korean government to abrogate Korea 1s tri
butary relationship to China. The former Korean Regent (Taewongun) took over the gover:unent under Japanese
protection. Kim Hong-jip became Prime Minis·ter . The former Regent demanded the withdrawal of Chinese t::oops from Korea. Japa
nese fleet clashed with the Chinese fleet near Inchon. Korea nullified all treaties with China.
The "Kap'o Reforms" by Prime Minister Kim Hong-jip. The former Regent restored to the Regency and declared war on China (?). Battle of Song 1hwan and Asan. First Japanese victory. Japan severed diplomatic relations with China. Japan declared war on China. Korean-Japanese preliminary agreement for an alliance signed. Korean-Japanese Offensive-Defensive Alliance signed by Minister Otori and Ko-
rean Foreign Minister K i m Yun-sik. Prince Saionji Kimmochi arrived at Seoul. Japanese Ministe r Inoue Kaoru arrived in Seoul. Minister Inoue presented demands to the Korean governm.ent (later known as "The
Twenty Demands") . Ousting of the Regent. Kim Hong- jip formed a "reform" cabinet. Pak Yong-hyo
appointed Minister of Interior, So Kwang-pom the Minister of J us tice, and Dr. Philip Jaisohn (So Chae-p 1il) Government Advisor. Ad..-:nicistrative reforms in Korea.
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Jan . 21
Mar . 30
ApT. 17
24 May 14 JLme 7-8 Aug. 24 Sept. I Oct. 8
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17 2 1 26
Nov. 28
Dec.
Jan. 1 Feb. 9
10-ll
17 Mar. 5
29
Apr. 7
May 14 16
21 Ju.'"le 3
9
July 3
16 Aug.
Sept. 3
1895
Additional administrativ e reforms in Korea. Pa:,. Chong-·yang ~ecame Prime Minister .
Agreernent for a loan of 3, 000, 000 yen signed ·bet'ween the Korean gove::-nment and the Bank of J apan .
· · The Treaty of S.himonoseki signed. Ch.ina and ! ap2....'1 recognized the complete independence of K orea.
The Tonghak leader C h6 n Pong- jun executed . Overthrow o£ the Kim Hong -jip Cabinet by the pro-Russian faction. Pale Yong-hyo fled to Japan. P a.k Chong-y;;mg forP-:e d a p:-o-R:J.ssian caoinet. Kim Hong-jip reappo int·.::d Prime Minister. Japanese Minister Co u .. '"lt Miura Goro arrive d in Se oul. The "Ulmi Incident." Queen Min assassinated. Tl::e fall of the pro-Russian cab
inet and the rise of a pro-Japanese faction uncier the Reger:t. Insurrection in Seoul.
lviihtary reforrns in Kor ea. Japanese Minister lvh u ra recall ed to Japan and re?lace d by Komura Jutaro . Inoue Kaoru dispatched to Korea as Special Envoy. Count Miura arreste d and brought to trial for conspiracy in .Korea. Japanese
goverrunent declared a policy of non-interventior: in Korea. Attempted kidnapping of the King by the pro-Russian group under _1\n Ky~ng-su
and Yi P<Sm-jin. Ibyong ("Rigr.teous Army") uprising.
1896
Western Calendar adopted in Korea. Russian Minister Webe r arrived in Seoul accompanied by two hundred Russian
sailors. Yi P<:}m-jin conspiracy. The King and the Cro...,vn Prince fled to the Russian L e
gation. Pro-Japanese Prime Minister Kim Hong-jip arrested and executed. Kim Bytlng-si formed a new cabinet with Yi Wan-yong as Foreign Minister.
<:5 Yun-jung assassinated. Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi arrived i::1 Se oul. American financier J a mes R. Morse signed an agreement with the Korean gov
ernme nt for the construction of a railroad between S eoul and Inchon. Dr. Philip Jaisohn (So Chae-p 1il) founded Tor:g 1< ? S i:in..'"llu!! (The Inde? endent
News), a Korean-English bilingual newspaper ir: SeouL
Russo-Japanese (Weber-Komura ) agreement on Korea signed in Seoul. J apanese Minister K omura urged the Korean King to return from the Russian
Legation to the Palace. Pak Ytsng-hyo fled to Japan. Russo-Chinese (Li- Lobanov) Treaty; secret military alliance against Japan in
case of the latter 1 s attack on Russia, China or Korea signed in St. Petersburg. Russo- Japane se (Lo banov- Yamagata) agreemc::r on Korea sigr-.ecl i:c St . Peters
burg. French company Fives Lille obtained a concession for the constr,.1ction of a. rail
road between Sc:oul and Iju . Japanese Minister Hara Satoshi arrived in Seoul. A Vladivostok me rchant Bryner obtained from the Korean government a timber
c oncession in tl~~ Yalu and Tumen river valleys. (This concession was purchased from Br yne r by the Russian Ministr y of hnperi2l Household th::-ough Matiunin and N ep orozhniv in May 1898 .)
J apanese Minister Hara left Korea.
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Oct. 5
24 Nov. 21
Feb. 20
23 24 27
Mar. 12
Aug. 17 Sept.
Oct. 11
12 16
28
Nov.
4 Dec. 1
16
J a n. -Mar.
Jan. 2 15
Feb.
22 ·Mar.
Mar. 7 12
1896 {cont.)
The Council of State urged the King to return from the Russian Legation to the Palace.
Colonel Putiata and other Russian military personnel arrived in Korea . Construction of the Independence A rc h and publication of T ong 1nip Shirrmun
(The Inde pendence News) by Tae H an Hyopthce.
1897
The King left .the Russian Legation, and took re·sidence at the newly constructed Kyong'un (T6ksu) Palace.
Russo-Korean agreement for the employment of 160 Russian militar y instructors. Japanese Charge d 1 Affaires Kato Masua appointed Minister to Korea. Japan protested against the Russo-Korean agreement for the employment of Rus
sian military instructors in Korea. Japanese government informed the King of the secret provisions of the Rus so
Japanese Agreement of 1896. Proclamation of the new reign name of Kwangmu. A. de Speyer (Shpeer) replaced Weber as Russian Minister. Arrival of Russian
financial adviser K. Alekseev, and Russian military instructors to Korea. The Kingdom of Chason became the Tae Han Empire. The King adopted an Im.:.
perial title. Coronation of Emperor Kojong. Signing of an agreement with Great Britain, United States, Japan, France, Rus- ·
sia, and Germany concerning the opening of Mokp'o and Chinnamp 1o. Korean-Japanese agreement for a loan of l, 000,000 yen for the construction of
a railroad between Seoul and Inchon. (Later abrogated. ) Russian Minister _Speyer succeeded in replacing the British financial adviser
and Chief of Customs Brown by Alekseev. Approval of the R u ss o-Korean Bank charter.
Independence Club banquet incident. Russian fleet arrived at Inchon. Japanese government protested against the appointment of Alekseev.
1898
Anti-Russian agitation by the Independence Club, specifically against Russian financial adviser Alekseev and the Russian military instructors.
Ex-Foreign Minister Kim Yurt-sik banished to Chejudo Island. Baron Roman Rosen, Russian Minister in Tokyo, proposed a Russo-Japanese
convention on Korea to Japanese Foreign· Minister Nishi Tokujiro. Japan demanded the transfer of the financ~al advisership in Korea from Russia
_ to Japan. .. ___ _
The death of the former Regent Tae w ongun. Korean government dismissed Alekseev as financial adviser and Chid of Cus
toms, and restored Brown to his former position after a strong protest by the British Minister in Seoul J. H. Jordan.
Russo - Korean Bank es tablished in Seoul. {Closed shortly afterwards .) Russia demanded Korea's acceptance of Russian aid. Korean government demanded the withdrawal of the Russian milit2.ry mission ·
from Korea. 19 Japanese proposal to Russia to exchange spheres of influ ence (Korea for Man-
churia). 23 Withdrawal of Russian advisers and Russian military mission from Korea.
96
T . 12 25
July 1 1 28
Sept.
8
12
14 Oct. l7-
Nov.2 7 20
Nov. ~
(..0
Jan. 12 Mar . 29
30
May 26
June 2 Jul y 8 Sept . 11 Nov. 14
Feb. 14 M ar . 8 Mar . 18
M ar. 30 May 17 S ummer
O ct . 3
J an. 23
26
!v1ar. 23 29
Apr . 17 20
1898 (cont . )
Speyer resigned as Russian Minister to Korea; replaceci by N. Mc.tiunin. Russo-Japanese (Rosen-Nishi) Agreement on Korea signee. Both ?arties pledged
non-interference in the in"ternal affairs of K orea . :.:The "Abdic a tion Conspiracy." An Kyon.g- su fled to J apan. Princ e Heinric·h of Prussia·visi.t e s:l Korea . Ne gotiations b'etween J ames R. Morse and a Jap·a:~es·e firm·for ·t r:e sale of Seoul
Inchon railroad concession. Kor ean- Japanese agreement for the con:;;truc tion of a railroad bet'.veen Seoul and
Pusan signed. · A pro-Russian Korean Kim Hong-yuk att e mpted to poi·son· the Em:Jeror and the
Crown Prince. P ak Yong-hyo returned to K orea . Clashes bet ween members of Tong 1nip Hyop 1h oe ( The bdependence Club) and
Hwangguk Hyop 1 hoe (T he Imperial Association) . Manminhoe (The All Pe ople's Assembly ) o rganized by the Independence Club . The L'ldependence Club and ;;he Imperial As sociation diss olved 0y Imperial decr ee.
1899
Russian Minister to Korea P avlov arrive d. C ount Henry Keyserling, a R u ssian, secured a whaling concession. A British M.P. Pritchard-Morgan appo inted Honorary Korean Consul-General
in London. The " Streetcar Incident" in S eoul . Rioting against the Korean A<nerican E lectric
C ompany. Signing of foreign settlement regulations for Masan, Kunsan and Songjin. P rince Heinrich of Prussia v isited Korea. Korean- Chinese C ommercial Treaty signed. Japanese Ministe r Hayashi Gonsuke arrived.
1900
G ranting of a whaling concession to J apan . Will iam H. Stevens appointed Honorary Korean Consul- G eneral in New York. J apanese Minister Hayashi p rote sted against Korea 1 s lea se of land to R uss ia in
Masan and demanded lease of l a nd on Kojedo Island in Chin 1hae Bay for J apan. Korean-Russian secret treaty for the lease o f l and in lviasan. An Kyong- su and others sentenced to death. J apanese Minister to Russia b egan negotiations for the revision of Russo- J apanese
agreement s on Korea of 1896 and 1898. Kor ean -Japanese Suppl ementary Fisheries Convention signed.
190 1
J apan refused to consider the Russi an proposal for the neutra:ization of Korea U-TJ.til the w ithdrawal of Russian t roops from Manchuria.
The Chinese Minister in Seoul protested t he violation of Korea.n-Manchurian boundary b y the Korean A rm y.
Kor ean-B e lgian Treaty of ivnity, C ommerce, and Navigation signed. Russian warships arrived in Inchon Bay. Korean- French Postal Agreement signed. J apanese Minister Hayashi demanded the rights for the const ruction of teleg raph
lines and submarine cables betwee n Pusan and !vfasan. (Previously, R ussia
97
July 23 Aug. 8 Sept. 6
O l:t. 8 Nov . 14
15 30
Dec. 4
13
23 31
Jan. 11 30
Feb. 26 Mar. 12
23 Apr. 24 May 17
20 June 25 July 15
Jan. 7
Feb. 3 13
16
17 20
25 Mar. 26 Apr . 21
June 10 July 3
20
22
1901 (cont.)
had obtained the right to construct telegraph lines bet-:.een Seoul and Vladivostok.)
National Grain Law, prohibiting export of grain to Japan proclaimed. Japan protested against the Korean Grain Law.
·A loan contract·for 50·0, OOG yen signed betw~e·n the·First Ban...'<. of Tokyo (Daiichi. G inko) and the Kore an government.
Korea rejected a Russian request for telegraph line conce ssions. Italian Legation in Korea ope ne d. Grain laws repealed. The meeting between Ito Hirobumi and Russian Foreign Ministe r Lamsdorf. Ito
proposed that Russia recognize Korea to be in the Japa.:u.ese sphere of influence. Ito presented to Russian Foreign Minister Lamsdorf a dra:t of a Russo-Japanese
agreement on Korea. Lamsdor£ proposed certain restrictions on Japanese acti·r i ty in Korea (Russian
agreement before Japan could disp a tch troops to Korea, etc.). Breakdown of Russo-Japanese negotiations. Revision of Korean Customs L a w.
1902
Indictment of E. T. Bethell of the Korea Daily News. Signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Great Britain recognized the independ
ence of Korea and Japanes e special interests there. Korean government rejected a French loan proposal. The French Minister in Seoul protested aga1nst the rejection of a French loan
proposal. Daiichi Ginko 1 s one yen note recognized as legal tender m Korea. Construction began on a railroad between Seoul a n d Shin'I.ju. Japanese-Korean agreement concerning the Japanese settlement at Masan. Daiichi Ginko circulated demand drafts in Kore a . Anti-Japanese uprisings in the Cholla Provinces. Korean-Danish Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation signed.
1903
Korean government banned the circulation of D a ii chi Gin.:~o notes in Korea. The second ban on the circulation of Daiichi Ginko notes in Korea. Korean government repealed t he ban on the circulation o:i Dailchi Gin..K:o notes in
Korea. Russian Charge d'Affaire-s E. Stein requested the Korean government for a rail
road concession between Seoul and Shin'iju. The Belgian Consul requested mining c oncessions. Korean government rejected the Russian request for a r ailroad concession be-
tween Seoul and Shin 1iju. Merger of the Seoul-Inchon and the Seoul-Pusan railroad companies. Bank of Korea charter issued. Russ ian troops occupied Yong 1amp 1b . R ussian Tirnber C 0mpany established at
Yong'amp'o. Anti-Japanese riots. Japanese Minister Hayashi Gons uke strongly protested against the anti- Japanese
riots. Timber concession granted to a Russian compa::1y. Korean-Russian agreement
ori. the lease of l a nd in Yong 'amp 1o. Korean government requeste d Japan to remove the telegraph lines between Seoul
98
Aug. 1 l 19 2 1 Z.b
Oct. 3
17 Nov. 1
17
Jan . 9 23
Feb. 6 8
9 10 ll 23
Mar , 3 10 17 23
Apr. 14 .May 18 July 23 A u g.
20
22
23 S ept. 6
17 26
Oct. 17 Nov. 1 D ec . 20
J an . 25
l 903 (cont.)
and Pusan. J apanese Minis ter -Hayashi p rotested against Russian lease of land 1n Yo:::g'amp'o . Russian l ea se o f land in Yong 1a .mp 1o cancelled. New Russian proposal for t he lease of land i n Yong'amp'o. :Minister Hay'ashi protested again-st Russian l ease o: la:1d i n Yong 1amp 1o. Russ 1an Minister in Tokyo Rosen reopened negotiations \vith J a9a:1ese Fo rei g!l
lv1inis ter Komura. Russia prohibited the entry of Japanese nationals into Yong'amp ' o . Clash between Japanese an d Russians at Inchon Korean atternpts to make Yong ' amp'o an ope n port £ailed due to Russian objection.
1 904
Russian rnarines ente r ed Seoul. Kore a decla red neutrality in case o£ a war oetween ~ussia and Japan . Rosen-Kom u ra negotiations broke down. Russo-Japanese diplomati c relations severed. Jaoanese fl eet sap_k three R us-
sian warships in Inchon Bay. Japanese expeditionary force entered Seoul. Japan declared war on Russia. Rus sia n Ministe r Pavlov left Seoul. Japanese-Korean Protocol signed by J apanese Minister H a yashi and Acting For-
eign Minister Yi Chi-yong. Anti-Ja panese riot in Seoul against the Protocol signed on Feb. 2 3. J apanese-Korean agreem e nt on the Seoul-Iju railroad signed. Ito Hirobumi, Japanese Spec i a l E nvoy to Korea arrived. Kor ea granted to Japan additional fishery rights . Y o ng 'arnp'o became an open
p o rt to all foreigners . The Ky~ng 1 un Palace burned down b y ar sonists. Kore a abrogated all treaties with Russia. 10 ,000,000 yen Japane se loan to Kor e a. llchin 'hoe party organized under the leader ship of Song Pyb'ng-jun, Y u.c< S hi-hyon,
and Son Byl:5ng-hi. The party advocated the estc.bl ish.rnent of a J apa_:: ese pro t ectorate over Korea.
J apanese-Korean Convention concerning the employn1ent of Japanese advisers by the Korean government .
Japanes e-Kore a n Tr eaty ( first treaty of prot ectio;:-:). Japan obtained ?ar t ial con -t ro l over Kor ean foreign r e l ations and financ es .
Korean Army r educed in force . Kankoku Kog y o Kaisha (Korean Industrial Company) established in T okyo. Mekada T a netaro appointed Financial Adviser to the Korean go vernment. J apane se Minister in L ondon H aya shi Tadasu ·secu::- ed British underst:::>ndi ng o f
the Japanese takeover of Korean foreign affairs . J apanese Comn1ander of the Korean Army G eneral Hasegawa Yoshimichi a,rrived . Section s of the S eoul-Pusan R ailr oad opene d. Upo n Japanese r ecommendation, Durha m Whit e S tevens, an .?.Jneric an , appointed
by the Korean Foreign Office as Adviser .
1905
J apane se M iniste r in Washington Takahira Kogoro approached Pres icent Roose-velt in c onn ection with J apanese p l ans in K orea an d ~,fan ci:uria aher the ·war .
29 The Seoul Offi ce of D a 1ic hi Ginko became t he C e::tral Bank of K orea .
99
Apr. l
May 25 June 6 July 2
29
Aug. 13 25
31 Sept. 5
Oct. 5 N ov. 6
9 17
24 25
29
Dec. 1 20 21
Jan. 31 Feb. 1
7 Mar.
2 Apr. 17 M ay 17
July 12 Aug. 4
7 Oct. 19
Nov . 28
1905 ( cont. )
Japanese-Korean agreement on communications s i g'-ed. Japan secured control over the Korean communications system.
Completion of the Seoul-Pusan Railroad. The opening of the Masan Railroad. Transfer o£ the Korean corn:munications system to Japan completed. Taft-Kats ura Agreement. United States recognized Japa:::.ese suzerainty over
Korea . Japanese - Korean agreement on coastal and inland navigation signed. Renewal o f the Anglo- Japanese Alliance. Great Britain recogni:?ed Korea to be
exclu sively within the J apanese sphere of inil.u ence . British C hief of Korean Customs J. M. Brown res i gn ed. Treaty of Portsmouth b etween Russia and Japan. Russia recognized Korea to be
entirely in the Japanese sphere of influence. Japan took over Korean Customs Service . Yi Yong- g u and other Ilchin'hoe Party leaders acivocated Japanese protectorate
over Korea. . '" .':. Special Envoy Ito Hiroburni arrived. · Signing of the Japanese-Korean Treaty. (second treaty o f protection). Establish
ment o f Japanese protectorate over Korea. Japan too~ over Korea's foreign re l ations. A Japanese Resident-general to be appointed.
Withdrawal o f the United States Legation in Korea. American Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo notified the Japanese goverrunent that all
matters relating to Korea will be handled by the American Legation in Tokyo. Former Ministers Min YCSng-hwan, Cho PyCSng-se and others committed suicide
in protest against the second Japanese-Korean Treaty . Popular uprising in Korea.
The opening of the Seoul-Shin 1iju Railroad Tokanfu (The Residency-General) established. Ito Hiroburni appointed first Resident-General.
1906
Japanese Legation and all consulates in Korea closed. Opening of the Residency-General. All forei gn legations in Seoul closed. Founding of anti- Japanese organizations and newspapers: S<:S'u Hakhoe (North-
west Learned Society) ; Cheguk Shinmun (Imperial News) ; Tae Han Maeil Shinbo (Korea Daily News ) and the Korea Dailv News by the Britisher Ernest T. Bethe ll; and H a nguk P'yong'non Chapchi (Corea Review) by the American missionary Homer B. Hulbert.
First Resident-Ge n e ral Ito Hi"robumi arrived. Residency-General Peace Preservation Law proclaimed. Popular u~Jrisings in the Kyonggi, South Ch'ungch'ong, and North Chtllla Provinces
demanding the abrogation of the Japanese-Korean treaty of Nov. 17, 1905. Japanese immigration law restricting the entry of Koreans into Japan passed. Russian 1vUnister of Foreign Affaires Izvolsky instructec the Russian Minister
in TokjO to noti fy the Japanes e government t hat t he R u ssian representative in Seoul will henceforth deal with the Korean government only through the Japane se Resident-General.
Japanese Army in Korea organized. Japanes e -Korean agreement on joint exploitati on of timb er resources in the Yalu
and Tumen valleys. The establishment of Toyo Takushoku Kaisha (Orie!ltal Devel opment Company) in
Tokyo w ith sphere of activity in Korea and Ma..·Khuria .
100
20
May-June 15
July 2 3
17
19-20
21
24
28 30
Aug. 1
Aug.-Sept.
2
7 10 20 27
S ept . 3 Oct. 10
29 Nov. 1 3
18 19
D ec . 5
31
M ar . 2 0 23
1907
Rumors about t he di spatch of a secret Korean missi o:1 to t he S eco:1ci Hague :E='eace Conference by Emperor ·Kojong .
Riots in Sout h C hi:J lla and the C h 'ungch ' i:\ng Provinces. The emissaries of E mperor Kojong failed to gain aG-nittance to t l:e Hague Peace
Conference. G eneral C onscription Law proclaimed. D i stur bances in Seoul after the arrival of t he news o: tl:e fail'..ll:e of Emperor K o
jong ' s sec r e t :rn,ission to the Hagu e P eace Confe;: e;;.ce .
Pro - J apanese C abinet n1inisters censored the Emperor for send:_:-,g Korea:J. de :l.= gate s to the H a gue P eac e C onference.
The dec ree of abdication of Emperor K ojong. P opular upri s ing in Korea. PrL-ne Ministe r Yi Wan-yong ' s r e sidence mobbed and ::,urned.
Pak Y~ng-hyo, Yi T o -jae and others a rr ested for attempts to r estore Err.pero -:Kojong.
Japanes e - Korean T reaty {The Third Treary of Protection ) signed by Ito Hirobumi and Yi Wan-yong . E stablishment of effectiv e Japanese con trol in Kor e a. .
E mergency Security Law proclaimed. Russo-Ja panese Public and secret agreements signe d in St. P eter sburg. Russ ia
recognized Korea to be entirely in the Japanese sphere of influence. Korean Army with the e xc eption of the Palace Guar d abolished. Riots in Seoul.
Kor ean and J apanes e troops clashed in Seoul. General anti-Japanese up rising in southe rn Korea. T he strengthening of Japan
ese Army. gendarme ri e, and police in Korea. By the end of S eptember t he major Ibyi:Jng forc es were crushed, but guerrilla warfare continued.
Proc l amation of the new r e ign nam e o f Yung 'hi. Maruyama Shigetoshi appoiJC.ted In s pector-Genera l of Korean police .
Emperor Sunjong's younger brother, Un, made C rO '.'-"TI Prince. Korean and J apanese troops clashed on K a nghwado Is~and.
R e sidency-General established a branch office i n Yongji:\ng, Kando (Chientao ). C oronation of Emperor Sunjong, the twenty- sevent!J. ruler of t he Yi D ynasty. Pak Y i:Jng- hyo exiled to Chejudo Island. J apanese Crown Prince (later Emperor I:!Ye hit o ) left Tokyo for a visit to Ko rea. Japanese -Korean protocol on t he administration o: Korean police by J apan. E 1nperor Sunjong moved fr om K y CSng'un P a lace co Cl:'angdi:Jk P alace. Kyi:Jng!un
Palace was renamed Ti:Jksu P alace and beca=e ::- e sidence o.: Yi T' aewang, the former Emperor Koj ong .
Charter Oat h of Emperor Sunjong . D ecree o n inte::_nal refo r m proclaimed. Cr own Prince Un, accompanied b y Ito Hiroburni as guardian, left S e oul for stu dy
in T okyo . Appoint.-:nen t o£ Japanese advise rs to Korean provi:1cial governors .
1908
J apanese loan contract for 19,680,00 0 yen without b t erest signed. Durham White Stevens assas sinated at the O akla.nd Railroad Station by two K o
re ans . (Died on M arch 25 .) 26 Korean Privy Cow-1cil adopted a res olution conciern..Tling the activity oi Japa .:.e.se
Army in connection w ith t he suppression of uprisings in Korea and dem a:-.de d t he removal of J apanese advisers from the Korean governrnent. P:r-esid~nt
Oct. Nov .
31 2
and Vice-Pr esident o f the Privy C ouncil re.mo;.·ed by the Japanes e . K orean- J apanese fishery agreement. D istr ict courts established.
101
.-
Dec. 28
Jan. -Feb. Feb. 13 Mar. 6
15
June 14
July 6 12
26 31
Sept. 4
28 O ct. 26
29 Dec. 4
8 22
Jan. 29 Feb. 18
M ar . 26 Apr. 4
May 30
Ju.:1e 3
24 July 23
24 ... ~ ug. - 16
22 Sept. 29
30
1908 (cont. )
Branch office of T6y6 Takushoku Kaisha (Oriental Develo:?ment Company) established in Seoul.
1909
Emperor Sunj ong toured Korea. New tax law proclaimed. Family Registration Law proclaimed. Population of Korea estimated to be
almost thirteen million. Japanese-Korean agreement on police matters relating to foreign residents in
Korea. Deputy Resident-General Sone Arasuke became Resident-General upon It6 1 s
resignation. Japanese cabinet decided on a policy of annexation of Korea. Japanese-Korean memorandum on the transfer to Japan of j udicial power and
prison administration signed. Japanese-Korean memorandum regarding the Central Ba:c..'c of Korea. The Ministry of War and the Officer 1 s School aboli shed. The Palace Guard re
organized. Japanese-Chinese agreement on the settlement of the Kbrean-Manchurian bound-
ary. Kanda (Chientao ) ceded to China. New provincial administrative and judicial reforms. Ito Hirobumi assassinated in Harbin by An Chung- gUn.. Bank of Korea established. The Ilchin 1hoe Party memorial to Emperor Sunjong advocating his abdication and
Japanese annexation of Korea. The Second Ilchin 1hoe Party memorial. Attempted assassination of Prime Minister Yi '.'Tan-yong oy Yi Chae-myi:Sng.
Anti-Ilchin 1hoe riots.
1910
Anti- Japanese riots in Korea. Japanese Foreign Minister Komura Jutaro an...'lounced the Japanese policy of an
nexation of Korea to the foreign diplomatic corps in Toky o . Prince It6 1s assassin An Chung-gi:tn executed. Sino-Japanese Protocol on the construction of a bridge across the Yalu River be
tween Shin 1iju and Antung signed. Resident-General Sone resigned. Minister of War General Terauchi Masatake
appointed Resident-General. J apanese a.dministrative policy for Korea after annexation adopted by the Japan
ese cabinet. Japanese-Korean Memorandum on the transfer of police :?Ower to Japan signed. General Terauchi arrived in Seoul. Beginning of ruthles.; suppression of anti
Japanese activity in Korea. Japanese gendarmerie replaced Korean police. Negotiations for the annexation o f Korea between General Te:::- a uchi and Yi Wan-
yang. Treaty of Annexation signed. Japanese government announced the signing of t he Treaty of ~A. .. !l.nexation. Japanese Residency-General abolished. Chos en Sofokufu (Korean Government-
General) established. General Terauchi .Nfasata_'.(e appo:.nted the first GovernorGeneral.
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