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| 1895, April 17 |
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| TREATY OF SHIMONOSEKI between China and Japan ended their war with substantial territorial losses for the Chinese. | 1 |
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| April 23 |
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| Russia, Germany, and France protested to Japan and forced some adjustment to the terms of the Sino-Japanese treaty (See Nov). | 2 |
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| Oct |
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| Armenian massacres in Constantinople followed a large Armenian demonstration. Massacres continued throughout Anatolia, and European powers considered intervention, but no formal action was taken, other than the announcement by the sultan of a program of reform for Armenia. | 3 |
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