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 FengtienPolitical divisions of China, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.,
POWFrance General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.,
