Republic of Formosa
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The Republic of Formosa was a short-lived unrecognized state that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 during the interregnum between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty of China to th
Postage stamp issued by the Republic of Formosa
National flag of the 1895 Republic of Formosa exhibited in the National Taiwan Museum
Japanese troops enter Taipei, 11 June 1895
Tang Jingsong
Qing dynasty
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The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, also known as the Qing Empire or Qing China, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia which existed from 1636/164
Republic of Formosa
…was a short-lived unrecognized state that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 during the interregnum between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan after the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The Republic lasted for 151 days; it was proclaimed on 23 May 1895 and extinguished…
Manchu cavalry charging Ming infantry at the 1619 Battle of Sarhū
Coins of Hong Taiji in Manchu script
Dorgon (1612–1650)
Qing expansion and conquest of the Ming