Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895 war conclusion
The Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895.
China ceded Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan, recognized Korean independence from Chinese suzerainty, and paid substantial indemnities.
The treaty marked Japan's emergence as a major imperial power and began a period of Japanese expansion in East Asia.
- TaiwanDisputed East Asian island-state
- indemnitiesCompensation for loss
- Imperial JapanExpansionist East Asian empire
- FormosaHistorical Taiwan name
- cessionFormal transfer of territory
war reparations · spheres of influence · most favored nation · annexation · Russo-Japanese War · Korea · Qing Dynasty · open ports · Boxer Rebellion · Japanese imperialism · tariff agreements · foreign investment · gunboat · colonialism · Japan · warship · imperialism · Meiji
- 1800s AsiaQing dynasty, Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellion, British Raj, Emperor Meiji
- 19th Century TreatiesCongress of Vienna, Geneva Convention, Hague Conventions, Berlin Conference, Holy Alliance
- Japanese Empireimperial expansion, Manchuria, Korea, Taiwan, China
- treatiestreaties, peace treaties, alliances, diplomatic pacts, bilateral agreements
- Shimonosekifugu
- imperialismempire building, colonization, imperial expansion, British Empire, colonies
Treaty of Shimonosekiceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
armistice · truce · preliminary agreement · memorandum of understanding · verbal agreement
Treaty of ShimonosekiTreaty of Portsmouth
1905 Russo-Japanese peace agreement