19th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1809 | Pirate Cai Qian is surrounded by the Qing navy and commits suicide. | |
| 1867 | American military expedition sent to Kenting in response to the Rover incident. | |
| 1871 | 54 shipwrecked Ryukuan sailors killed by Paiwan aborigines in Mudan Incident. | |
| 1874 | Japan sends punitive expedition of 3,600 soldiers to Taiwan in retribution for Mudan Incident. | |
| 1875 | Taiwan is divided into two prefectures, north and south. | |
| 1884 | Keelung and Tamsui harbor are blockaded by the French Navy during the Sino-French War. | |
| 1887 | Taiwan is reorganized administratively as a Taiwan Province with Liu Mingchuan as the first governor. | |
| 1895 | Qing China signs the Treaty of Shimonoseki ceding Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan after being defeated by the Japanese Navy in the First Sino-Japanese War. | |
| Pro-Qing officials declare the Republic of Formosa in an attempt to resist the arrival of the Japanese. Tang Ching-sung (唐景崧) named president. | ||
| 1899 | The Japanese Imperial government suppressed any opposition to its rule and eliminated all anti-Japanese groups on the island. | |
| Bank of Taiwan established to encourage Japanese investment into Taiwan. | ||
| Taiwan yen is issued by the Bank of Taiwan with an exchange ratio on par with the Japanese yen. |
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