Meiji period

The years in which Meiji was the Japanese monarch comprise this modern period or era.^[3]

• 1868 (Meiji 1): Meiji Restoration; the capital of Japan moved from Kyoto to Tokyo.^[1]
• 1889-1890 (Meiji 22-23): Constitution of the Empire of Japan^[1]
• 1894-1895 (Meiji 27-28): First Sino-Japanese War^[1]
• 1904-1905 (Meiji 37-38): Russo-Japanese War^[1]
• 30 July 1912 (Meiji 45, 30th day of the 7th month): Meiji died.^[4]

Politics

• 1885 (Meiji 18): Ito Hirobumi became 1st Prime Minister^[5]
• 1888 (Meiji 21): Kuroda Kiyotaka became 2nd Prime Minister^[6]
• 1889 (Meiji 22): Yamagata Aritomo became 3rd Prime Minister^[7]
• 1891 (Meiji 24): Matsukata Masayoshi became 4th Prime Minister^[8]
• 1892 (Meiji 25): Ito became 5th Prime Minister^[9]
• 1896 (Meiji 29): Matsukata became 6th Prime Minister^[9]
• 1898 (Meiji 31): Ito became 7th Prime Minister^[9]
• 1898 (Meiji 31): Ōkuma Shigenobu became 8th Prime Minister^[10]
• 1898 (Meiji 31): Yamagata became 9th Prime Minister^[9]
• 1900 (Meiji 33): Ito became 10th Prime Minister^[9]
• 1901 (Meiji 34): Katsura Tarō became 11th Prime Minister^[11]
• 1906 (Meiji 39): Saionji Kinmochi became 12th Prime Minister^[12]
• 1908 (Meiji 41): Katsura became 13th Prime Minister^[9]
• 1911 (Meiji 44): Saionji became 14th Prime Minister^[9]

• 
  The 15-year-old Emperor Meiji, moving from Kyoto to Tokyo, end of 1868, after the fall of Edo.
• 
  Formal beginning of the Meiji Constitution, 1889. Woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu.
• 
  One yen coin of 1870 (Meiji 3 明治三年), both sides.
• 
  First Meiji one-yen banknote, 1871.

• List of emperors of Japan
• Japanese era name

Media related to Meiji era at Wikimedia Commons

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection