Year in Japan
1889 in Japanese History
6 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 22 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Jul 28 1889 Kumamoto earthquake 熊本地震 · Earthquake — Earthquake in Japam
- Kanji Ishiwara 石原莞爾 · Historian — general in the Imperial Japanese Army (1889-1949)
- Yumeno Kyūsaku 夢野久作 · Writer — Japanese writer (1889–1936)
- Kanoko Okamoto 岡本かの子 · Writer — Japanese writer (1889–1939)
- Satarō Fukiage 吹上佐太郎 · Writer — Japanese serial killer (1889–1926)
- Hiroaki Abe 阿部弘毅 · Military officer — Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
Reading the year 1889 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1889 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 22 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 1889年 (1889ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 19th century for its neighbours.