Killing of 54 Ryūkyūan sailors in Qing-era Taiwan who wandered into Taiwan after shipwreck, causing the Taiwan Expedition of 1874 by Japan. It took place on 18 October 1871 in what is now Taiwan. The setting was Bayao Bay. It led to Japanese invasion of Taiwan. About 54 people died. Some 12 were injured.
Before and after
- 10 July 1871Birth of Marcel Proust
- 30 August 1871Birth of Ernest Rutherford
- 27 September 1871Birth of Grazia Deledda
- October 1871Schliemann begins digging at Hisarlik
- 18 October 1871Mudan Incident of 1871
- 24 October 1871Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
- 1872Publication of Around the World in Eighty Days
- from 1872 to 1878Kulturkampf
- 1872Impression, Sunrise
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The era
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