| 1853-1854 | Perry Obtains Treaty of Friendship |
| 1858 | Bakufu signs commercial treaty |
| 1861-1863 | Choshu and Satsuma Mediate |
| 1866 | Choshu defeats Bakufu army |
| 1867 | Meiji Restoration |
| 1868-1870 | Shaping a new state |
| 1871-1873 | Iwakura mission |
| 1873-1878 | Satsuma rebellion |
| 1881 | Promise of constitution |
| 1882 | Meiji Constitution promulagated |
| 1883 | First Diet session |
| 1894-1895 | Sino-Japanese War |
| 1900 | Seiyukai Formed |
| 1904-1905 | Russo-Japanese War |
| 1910 | Korea Annexed |
| 1918 | Hara becomes prime minister |
| 1919 | Kato becomes prime minister |
| 1920 | Universal manhood suffrage passed |
| 1931 | Japan takes Manchuria |
| 1937 | War with China |
| 1941 | Japan attacks Pearl Harbor & war with the United States |
| 1945 | Japan Surrenders |
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