Year	Month and Day	Events
1891 (24th year of Meiji)	May 11	Otsu Incident
1892 (25th year of Meiji)	September 11	S. Y. Witte took office as Russian Minister of Finance.
1893 (26th year of Meiji)	February 14	U.S.A. signed the Hawaii annexation treaty.
1894 (27th year of Meiji)	February 15	Outbreak of Tonghak peasant's war.
	May 31	Armed peasants led by Tonghak Society occupied the whole Jeonju.
	June 2	Japanese Cabinet made a decision to dispatch military forces to Korea while Qing sent troops to Korea.
	August 1	Japan declared war to Qing. (Outbreak of Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895)
1895 (28th year of Meiji)	April 17	Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty singed. Tsigned Triple
	May 10	Japan returned Liaodong Peninsula to Qing
	June 8	Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Russia and Japan was signed.
	October 8	Queen Min of Korea was assassinated.
	December	Mutsu Munemitsu completed the manuscript of his memoir "Kenkenroku".
1896 (29th year of Meiji)	February 11	Korean King Kojong retreated into the Russian Legation. Pro-Russian government was formed in Korea.
	May 14	Komura - Weber Memorandum was agreed.
	June 3	Sino-Russian Secret Treaty of 1896 was signed.
	June 9	Yamagata - Lobanov Agreement was agreed.
	September 18	Ito Hirobumi departed from Japan for the negotiation on Russo-Japanese agreement.
1897 (30th year of Meiji)	August 24	Mutsu Munemitsu died at the age of 54.
	October 12	Choson(Korea) changed her country name to Korean Empire (Taehan Empire (Empire of Korea)).
1898 (31st year of Meiji)	March 6	Germany obtained the lease right of Jiaozhou (Kiaochow) Bay, the right of constructing Jiaozhou (Kiaochoou) railway and the mining right from Qing.
	March 27	Russia obtained from Qing the right of leasing Dalian and Lushun as well as the right of constructing the railway in south Manchuria.
	June 25	Nishi-Rosen Agreement was agreed.
	September 21	The Wuxu coup d'etat occurred.
1899 (32nd year of Meiji)	March	Outbreak of Boxer Uprising in Shandong Province of China.
	September 6	U.S. State Secretary of State John M. Hay proclaimed the Open Door policy in China.
1900 (33rd year of Meiji)	June 20	Boxer Uprising occurred (Boxer rebels enclosed foreign consulates in Beijing).
1901 (34th year of Meiji)	September 7	The Boxer Protocol (Peking Protocol) was signed.
	October 8	Hayashi Tadasu, Japanese minister to Britain started alliance negotiations with Britain.
	December 2	Ito Hirobumi started negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister for Russo-Japanese agreement.
	December 6	Ito Hirobumi recommended that Prime Minister Katsura should take up the Russo-Japanese Agreement first and postpone the conclusion of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
	December 23	Ito Hirobumi notified Russian Foreign Minister of termination of negotiations for the Russo-Japanese agreement.
1902 (35th year of Meiji)	January 30	The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance between 1902 and 1905 was signed in London.
	April 21	Prime Minister Katsura Taro, Foreign Minister Komura Jutaro, Ito Hirobumi and Yamagata Aritomo discussed the Japanese policy relating to Russia in Kyoto.
	June 14	Minister Plenipotentiaries in Beijing signed the Boxer Indemnity Protocol.
1903 (36th year of Meiji)	February 7	Russia discontinued withdrawal of her troops from Manchuria.
	May	Russian army started construction of military base at Yongampo in the territory of Taehan Empire (the Great Korean Empire) beyond Yalu River.
	July 23	Hayashi Tadasu, Minister to Britain, requested Britain's acknowledge about negotiations on the Russo-Japanese Agreement.
	August 12	Kurino Shinichiro, Minister to Russia, sent the Russian government the six basic articles for the Russo-Japanese agreements. The negotiation on northeastern part of China and Korean Peninsula started.
	August 29	Witte resigned as Finance Minister.
	October 3	Russia rejected the six basic articles for the Russo-Japanese agreements. Foreign Minister Komura and Russian Minister to Japan Rosen started negotiations of the agreement.
	December 30	Japanese Cabinet decided on the policy on Qing and Taehan Empire (the Great Korean Empire) in case of war breakout.
1904 (37th year of Meiji)	February 4	Japan made a decision on war declaration against Russia (at the emergency Imperial Conference).
	February 6	Japan gave Russia the notice on the severance of diplomatic relations.
	February 8	Japan army landed at Inchon. Japanese navy attacked the Russian navy off Inchon. Japanese navy did a surprise attack on Lushun (Port Arthur).
	February 9	Japanese navy battled against the Russian navy off Inchon again.
	February 10	Japan declared war to Russia. (Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War)
	February 11	Japan established Imperial Headquarters at Imperial Court by His Majesty's orders.
	February 17	Japanese Cabinet decided on raising government bonds in British currency in the London market.
	February 23	Korea-Japan Protocol was singed.
	February 24	The first Lushun (Port Arthur) blockade operation was launched. At the same time, Takahashi Korekiyo, Vice President of Bank of Japan, was dispatched to London for raising the government bonds.
	March 6	The Japanese Fleet shelled Vladivostok.
	March 27	The second Lushun (Port Arthur) blockade operation was launched. Lieutenant Commander Hirose Takeo died in action.
	May 1	The Japanese 1st Army crossed Yalu River and occupied Jiuliancheng.
	May 3	The third Lushun (Port Arthur) blockade operation was launched.
	May 25	Japanese and Russian forces fought at Nanshan, Jinzhou.
	May 26	The Japanese 2nd Army occupied Nanshan, Jinzhou.
	May 31	Army Lieutenant General Nogi Maresuke was appointed as the 3rd Army Commander.
	June	Colonel Akashi Motojiro as military attache began intelligence operation.
	June 15	The Japanese 2nd Army battled against the Russian army at Delisi.
	June 20	The Japanese General Headquarters of Manchurian Army was organized. ･Field Marshal Oyama Iwao was appointed as the Commander in Chief of Manchurian Army. ･General Kodama Gentaro was appointed as the Chief of Staff of Manchurian Army. ･Field Marshal Yamagata Aritomo was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff Office. ･Lieutenant General Nagaoka Gaishi was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the General Staff Office.
	June 23	The Japanese Fleet battled against the Russian Fleet off Lushun (Port Arthur)
	July 26	The Japanese 3rd Army began siege of Lushun (Port Arthur).
	August 10	The Battle of Yellow Sea (the Japanese Fleet battled against the Russian Lushun Squadron.)
	August 14	The Sea Battle off Ulsan (the Japanese Fleet battled against the Russian Vladivostok Squadron.)
	August 19	The first all-out assault on Lushun (Port Arthur) by the Japanese 3rd Army.
	August 22	The first Korea-Japan Agreement singed
	September 4	The battle of Liaoyang (The Manchurian Army of Japan occupied Liaoyang.)
	September 19	The second all-out assault on Lushun (Port Arthur) by the Japanese 3rd Army.
	November 26	The third all-out assault on Lushun (Port Arthur) by the Japanese 3rd Army.
1905 (38th year of Meiji)	January 2	Fall of Lushun (Port Arthur).
	January 5	Generals Nogi and Stessel had a meeting at Shuishiying (Suishiei).
	January 22	Bloody Sunday (outbreak of the 1st Russian Revolution).
	March 10	The Battle of Fengtian (Mukden) (The Manchurian Army of Japan occupied Fengtian.)
	April 21	Japanese Cabinet decided on the general principles of the peace treaty.
	May 1	Japan prepares for Sakhalin landing operations (by the 13th Division).
	May 27	The Sea Battle of Tsushima (the Japanese Fleet battled against the Russian Baltic Fleet.)
	June 1	Minister Takahira requested President Roosevelt for mediation of the Russo-Japanese peace conference.
	June 6	President Roosevelt officially counseled for peace conference between Russia and Japan.
	July 3	Foreign Minister Komura Jutaro nominated Minister to U.S.A. Takahira Kogoro as plenipotentiary for peace conference.
	July 7	The Japanese 13th Division landed at South Sakhalin.
	July 24	The Japanese unit began landing at North Sakhalin.
	July 29	The Katsura-Taft Agreement was concluded.
	July 31	The Russian army in Sakhalin surrendered.
	August 10	The first Portsmouth Peace Conference at Portsmouth of U.S.A. was held.
	August 12	The second Anglo-Japanese Alliance was signed.
	September 5	The Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty was signed. The Hibiya Riots occurred.
	September 6	Martial law was enforced in Tokyo City and 5 counties of Metropolitan Tokyo.
	October 15	Notification of ratification/effectuation of the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty.
	October 16	Japan proclaimed the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty and issued the Imperial Edict for restoration of peace.
	November 17	The second Korea-Japan Agreement was signed.
	December 21	Resignation en bloc of the first Katsura Taro Cabinet
	December 22	Sino-Japanese Treaty on Manchuria signed.
1906 (39th year of Meiji)	January 7	Formation of the first Saionji Kinmochi Cabinet.
	February 1	Japan established the Residency-General in Korea, and Ito Hirobumi nominated as the first Resident General.
	November 24	Establishment of "South Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd."
1907 (40th year of Meiji)	July 24	The third Korea-Japan Agreement was signed.
	July 28	Russo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation and the Fishing Treaty were singed between Russia and Japan.
	July 30	The first Russo-Japanese Agreement was signed.
	September 21	Yamagata Aritomo, Ito Hirobumi and were donated the title of Prince (for distinguished services in the Russo-Japanese War).
1908 (41st year of Meiji)	July 4	Resignation en bloc of the first Saionji Kinmochi Cabinet.
	July 14	Formation of the second Katsura Taro Cabinet.
1909 (42nd year of Meiji)	September 4	The Jiandao(Kando) Agreement was signed between Japan and Qing.
	October 26	Ito Hirobumi was assassinated at Harbin Station.
1910 (43rd year of Meiji)	July 4	The second Russo-Japanese Agreement was signed.