The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Shimonoseki">Treaty of Shimonoseki</a> between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a>, and the defeated <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Empire" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qing Empire">Qing Empire</a> is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoning" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Liaoning">Fengtian</a> province, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penghu" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Penghu">Penghu</a> to Japan.