{"id":66,"date":"2006-05-18T19:24:41","date_gmt":"2006-05-18T19:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2006-05-18T19:24:41","modified_gmt":"2006-05-18T19:24:41","slug":"chronology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/research\/chronology\/chronology","title":{"rendered":"Chronology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Okinawan History<\/span><\/h1>\n

A Chronological Table<\/span> <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PRIMEVAL<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nOld Stone Age<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nShell Mound Age<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
605<\/span><\/td>\nThe Chinese Emperor Yo (Sui Dynasty) sends Shu-Kan to the Ryukyus<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
608<\/span><\/td>\nFrom about this time, the "Southern Island" people pay tribute to the Japanese Imperial Court.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ANCIENT<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1187<\/span><\/td>\nShunten becomes overlord of Central Okinawa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1260<\/span><\/td>\nEiso beomes new overlord<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1296<\/span><\/td>\nA Mongol invasion army attacks Okinawa and is repulsed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1317<\/span><\/td>\nMiyako islanders drift ashore in China while enroute to trade in Souteast Asia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1326<\/span><\/td>\nAt about this time, the Three Kingdoms in Okinawa (Hokuzan, Chuzan, and Nanzan) begin their rivalry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1349<\/span><\/td>\nSatto becomes ruler of Chuzan and increases its influence<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1350<\/span><\/td>\nNanzan (the southern kingdom) sends tribute to the Ming<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1383<\/span><\/td>\nHokuzan (the northern kingdom) sends tribute to the Ming<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1392<\/span><\/td>\nA group of Chinese, now known as the "Thirty-six Families" are naturalized in Chuzan.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1404<\/span><\/td>\nA Siamese shop comes to Okinawa to trade<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1416<\/span><\/td>\nThe Chuzan King, Sho Hashi, captures Nakijin Castle and brings about the downfall of Hokuzan.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1425<\/span><\/td>\nSho Hashi sends trading vessles to Siam<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1428<\/span><\/td>\nSho Hashi sends trading vessels to Palembang (Sumatra)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1429<\/span><\/td>\nSho Hashi conquers Nanzan and is the first to succeed in uniting all Okinawa.  (Beginning of the First Sho Dynasty.)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1430<\/span><\/td>\nTrading ships are sent to Java<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1431<\/span><\/td>\nSho Hashi establishes formal diplomatic relations with Korea and initiates trade<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1451<\/span><\/td>\nSho Kimpuku builds the Chokotei (a road around Naha inlet)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1458<\/span><\/td>\nThe Gosamayu Awamari rebellion takes place.  A large bell (the Bankoku Shinryo), on which there is an inscription concerning the prosperity of the Ryukyus, is cast.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1459<\/span><\/td>\nKanemaru Uchima is appointed Foreign Trade Minister.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1463<\/span><\/td>\nTrading ships are sent to Malacca<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1466<\/span><\/td>\nAfter an audience with the Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate (Japan), a Ryukyuan friendship mission sets off gunpowder outside the gates in celebration and astonishes the people of Kyoto.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1470<\/td>\nKanemaru Uchima overthrows the First Sho Dynasty, begins a new (the second) Sho Dynasty, and assumes the name of Sho En.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1492<\/td>\nThe Enkakuji Temple is built<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1498<\/td>\nTrade begins with Patani (on east coast of Malaysa)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500<\/td>\nSho Shin conquers Miyako Island, he also puts down the rebellion led by Oyake Akahachi of Yaeyama Island and assumes rule over the castles of Saki Shima (the "Southern Island" as Miyako and Yaeyama were then known.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1511<\/td>\nPortugal causes the downfall of Malacca and strengthens it to be used as a base for the invasion of Asia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1532<\/td>\nThe first volume of the Omoro Soshi<\/a> (a compendium of ancient songs and rituals) is compiled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1534<\/td>\nThe Chinese Ming Emperor sends an envoy, Chin Kan, and party to visit the Ryukyus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1553<\/td>\nYara Castle is built at Naha Harbor and coastal defenses are prepared<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1579<\/td>\nA tablet inscribed "Country and Propriety" is placed on public display at Shuri Castle.  (Translator’s Note: This tablet had been presented to the King at Shuri by the Chinese Emperor in recognition of the Ryukyuans’ strict adherence to the Chiense rules of ritual and etiquette.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1592<\/td>\nHideyoshi Toyotomi (the Japanese Shogun) orders the King of the Ryukyus to assist in the invasion of Korea; the King ignores the order.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1600<\/td>\nThe Eastern army wins the great Battle of Sekigahara (in Japan).  Ieyasu Tokugawa establishes his leadership in Japan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1609<\/td>\nIchisa Shimazu of Satsuma sends 3,000 troops and subjugates the Ryukyu Kingdom.  (The Shimazu Invasion)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1611<\/td>\nThe Satsuma Clan looks into the productive capacity of the Ryukyus; divides the Amami Oshima area (the islands north of Yoron Island) from the Ryukyus: and hands down the Okite Jugo Jo (fifteen ordinances to be obeyed by all in the Ryukyus).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1614<\/td>\nThe Satsumas order strict surveillance of all shipping into and out of the Ryukyus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRE-MODERN<\/strong>
(Feudal)<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1623<\/td>\nCompilation of the Omoro Soshi<\/a> (22 volumes) is completed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1631<\/td>\nAs a means of keeping the Ryukyus under control, the Satsuma send a permanent administrator to Naha.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1634<\/td>\nThe system of sending missions of congratulation and gratitude to Edo (Tokyo) is begun.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1637<\/td>\nA poll tax is levied on Miyako and Yaeyama Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1644<\/td>\nThe Ching Dynasty succeeds the Ming Dynasty in China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1650<\/td>\nSho Jo-Ken (Choshu Haneji) prepares the "History of Chuzan."<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1667<\/td>\nSho Jo-Ken orders acquisition of an elementary knowledge of the Japanese performing arts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1711<\/td>\nA dictionary of the old Ryukyuan language (Konkoken Shu) is compiled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1719<\/td>\nChokun Tamagusuku composes the Kumi Udui (odori<\/a>) and the first performance is presented<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1728 <\/td>\nSai On becomes a member of the Regency Council of Three (Prime Minister).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1734<\/td>\nThe scholar Chobin Hishicha is executed for political offenses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1771<\/td>\nA tidal wave strikes Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, causing great damage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1798<\/td>\nA state school is founded at Shuri for the upper class descendants of samurai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1816<\/td>\nThe British warships Alceste and Lyra call on the Ryukyus on their way home from China.  Captain Basil Hall of the Lyra later stops briefly at Helena and tells the exiled Napoleon of the Ryukyus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1844<\/td>\nThe French warship Alemene calls and puts a Christian missionary at Naha.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1846<\/td>\nAn English warship brings the active missionary Bettelheim to Naha.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1851<\/td>\nPerry, leading an American naval force, comes to Naha and visits Shuri Castle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1854<\/td>\nRussian warships call on Naha.  Perry returns and a compact between the United States and the Kingdom of "Lew Chew" is signed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1859<\/td>\nThe Makishi-Onga incident occurs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1866<\/td>\nSho Tai receives seals and documents of investiture as King from the Manchurs; he is the last to receive these and is also the last King of the Ryukyus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1868<\/td>\nThe Tokugawa Shogunate is overthorwn and a national government under the Emperor Meiji is realized.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1871<\/td>\nA ship manned by Miyako Islanders is shipwrecked on Formosa, and fifty-four men are murdered by aborigines.  (The Formosan Shipwreck incident)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1872<\/td>\nThe Meiji goverment abolishes the Kingdom of the Ryukyus and establishes the Ryukyu Han (feudal clan).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1879<\/td>\nIn order to make the Ryukyus an integral part of Japan, although opposed by the hereditary lords of the Ryukyus, Meiji abolishes the Ryukyu Han and sets up Okinawa Prefecture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1880<\/td>\nThe Chinese Manchus strongly protest the Meiji rule over the Ryukyus; the question is reoslved through the arbitration of ex-U.S. President Grant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1881<\/td>\nThe Meiji government decides to preserve and utilize the old sysetm of ryule within Okinawa Prefecture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nOkinawa’s first newspaper, the "Ryukyu Shimpo<\/a>," begins publication.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MODERN<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1894<\/td>\nBecause of China’s loss in the Sino-Japanese War, anti-Japanese factions in Okinawa rapidly lose influence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1898<\/td>\nThe rivalry between a faction centered around Noboru Jahana, which demands revision of unjust political practices in Okinawa, and the old school deepens.  Military conscription laws are put into force.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1903<\/td>\nLand reform is completed; new land distribution and taxation systems are established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1909<\/td>\nThe first election of assemblymen and convocation of an Okinawan Prefectural Assembly take place.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/td>\nThe Okinawan historian, Fuyu Iha, publishes his great work Ko Ryukyu<\/u> (Ancient Ryukyu).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nWorld War I breaks out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1919<\/td>\nLaws concerning election of representatives to the House of Representatives are applied fully to Okinawa for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1925<\/td>\nDue to a severe recession, the three banks on Okinawa suffer management difficulties.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1926<\/td>\nThere is great controversy centered around the novel "A Wandering Ryukyuan."<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1928<\/td>\nNumerous labor disputes arise in Okinawa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1934<\/td>\nA social science research association is formed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1938<\/td>\nAn Okinawa executive committee to arouse national spirit is established, and militaristic wartime systems are strengthened.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940<\/td>\nA dispute about the use of the Okinawan hogen (dialect) takes place.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nWorld War II breaks out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nOkinawa undergoes a great raid by American forces and Naha suffers grave damage.  (The October tenth air raid.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nAmerican forces invade Okinawa.  Japan surrenders unconditionally.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1946<\/td>\nGeneral MacArthur declares Japan and the Nansei Shoto (all islands from Amami Oshima south to Yaeyama) to be under separate administrations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nThe Republic of China (Formosa) is established.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nSan Francisco Peace Treaty puts Okinawa under American administration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nThe Okinawan Reversion Council is formed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nJapan and the U.S. issue a joint declaration that, by mutual consent, Okinawa will be reverted to Japn on May 15, 1972.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nAdministration of Okinawa reverts from U.S. to Japan on May 15th.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nThe first International Ocean Expo opens on Okinawa’s Motobu Peninsula.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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