The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

Japan
Pescadores Islands
Taiwan
History of the administrative divisions of China
Liaoning
Korea
Qing Empire
First Sino-Japanese War
Japan
China
Treaty of Shimonoseki