<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shō_Tai" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shō Tai">Shō Tai</a> formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Kingdom" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ryukyu Kingdom">Ryukyu Kingdom</a>.<sup about="#mwt96" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_11#cite_note-17" id="mwnA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwnQ">[17]</span></a></sup>
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