Events from the year 1915 in Taiwan,
Empire of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of Japan, 1947 constitu ...
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Incumbents
Central government of Japan
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Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
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Ōkuma Shigenobu
Marquess was a Japanese statesman and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. He served as Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan in 1898 and from 1914 to 1916. Ōkuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and ...
Taiwan
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Governor-General –
Sakuma Samata
General Count was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and 5th Governor-General of Taiwan from 11 April 1906 to May 1915.
Biography
Sakuma was born in Abu District, Nagato Province (present day Hagi, Yamaguchi), as the younger son of O ...
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Andō Teibi
Events
January
* 26 January – The opening of
Ruisui Station in
Karenkō Prefecture
was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Hualien County.
Population
Administrative divisions
Cities and Districts
In 1945 ( Shōwa 20), there were 1 city and 3 dist ...
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October
* 28 October – The opening of
Kagi Shrine
was a Shinto shrine located in previously ''Soa-a-teng'' (), Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi Park, Chiayi City, Taiwan).
The shrine was built on 28 October 1915 ( Taishō 4) facing south but later altered in 1 ...
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Tainan Prefecture
was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Tainan City, Chiayi City, Chiayi County and Yunlin County.
Population
Administrative divisions
Cities and districts
In 19 ...
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Births
* 6 November –
Chung Li-ho, novelist
References
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Years of the 20th century in Taiwan