September 13 1890. As "payback" to the "dishonour" that was done to the Japanese owner, a gang of young peddlers and members of the Yakuza, led by the owner of the building, conduct a series of attacks on the neighbourhood. Stylising themselves after the "Forty-seven Ronin", the reportedly inebriated Japanese enter several houses and kill its members, while committing arson on others - in particular, they mutilate the bodies of the family of the police chief. 27 are killed during the incident, while many more are injured in the attack.
Dulce et decorum est pro...ce?
September 14 1890. The Japanese press heralds the "tale of the modern-day 47 Ronin" and praises the "bushido" shown in Japan. With extraterritoriality laws holding for Japanese citizens in Korea, the Japanese perpetrators give themselves in to Japanese authorities for a court trial in Fukuoka with heads held high. Petition rates in Korea skyrocket, denouncing the Japanese and calling for a "fair trial" in Korea. The news also becomes reported in the Western press.
September 20 1890. In reaction to the Japanese roaming the Korean countryside and terrorising the people, various "defence associations"(보안계) are established to keep towns clear from Japanese, with force if necessary. The day is recorded as the first conflict between such an association with a Japanese peddler.
October 3 1890. The second group of exchange students leave for University College, London.
October 4 1890. In a monkey trial that lasts less than a week, the perpetrators of the Massacre are each sentences of a year, while the leader is given 18 months. Many Koreans, upon hearing of the news, launch a large protest in front of the Japanese embassy in the form of a mock funeral.
October 6 1890. For the 1891 Session of the International Council of Women, Susan B. Anthony invites Korea to send a delegation to Washington D.C., to speak of the issue of the treatment of women in the Republic of Korea and policies that can be implemented to assist in leading to better sex equality.
October 9 1890. The first brief flight of Clément Ader's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraft Ader Éole takes place in Satory, France. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50 m (160 ft) at a height of 20 cm, the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.
October 10 1890. The British South Africa Company along with Whitehall, anticipating growth of anti-British sentiments amongst the Boers and hoping to balance them out, begin to "import" Chinese immigrants, primarily from the provinces of Chihli (Zhili), Shantung (Shandong) and Honan (Henan).
October 22 1890. Western newspapers begin to strongly criticise the "47 Ronin Massacre" and call for the Japanese to give a "fair trial" for the Koreans. The Seattle Post, in particular, calls upon the incident this day to call it "the bloody face of Imperialist barbarism".
October 22 1890. A pair of Australian pastors introduce "British" sports such as Rugby and Cricket. Within a decade these become widely played sports in southern Korea.
wrong sport and wrong era but bloody hell, you get the idea.
October 27 1890. The Japanese respond that the trial being held in Japan is legal and fair, as the Republic of Korea has signed a treaty of extraterritoriality with the Empire of Japan in 1975. On the same date Min Yeong-ik gives the same reply to the press, simply stating that he hopes the Japanese to conduct a "fair, just trial"; he also announces to put prostitution and gambling on a tighter leash.
November 12 1890. With anti-governmental sentiment exploding in the countryside, the Korean government "announces" a major "reform" policy: to install an intelligence office that could 1) infiltrate various towns and encourage Republican, pro-government sentiment, 2) keeping track of the specific locations of the Japanese within Korea, and discourage any action they may take against the people, along with 3) gaining intelligence from both the conservative Koreans and the Japanese. For its implementation the "Republican Press & Co." is established.
November 19 1890. With support from several major entrepreneurs such as Seo Sang-ryun, the Korea Republican Theatre is opened in the southeast corner of Seoul, directly opposite of the front gates of the Republican Central University, which is in the northeast. The first scheduled show is a Korean Vaudeville show, with a mixture between kisaeng shows, band music and plays.
"Sir, you sure we're allowed to show this?" "Oh bloody hell, the audience wants it!"
December 24 1890. The perpetrators of the "47 Ronin Massacre" are sent to trial again, with sentences of 10 years each and the leader 15 years. Many will be released much earlier as "model prisoners" however.
December 29 1890. Wounded Knee Massacre: At Wounded Knee, South Dakota, a Native American camp, the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment tries to disperse the non-violent "Ghost-Dance" which was promised to usher in a new era of power and freedom to Native Americans but was feared as a potential rallying tool for violent rebellion by some in the U.S. government. Shooting begins, and 153 Lakota Sioux and 25 troops are killed; about 150 flee the scene. This was the last tribe to be defeated and confined to a reservation as well as the beginning of the decline of both the American Indian Wars and the American frontier.
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