Taiwan, along with Penghu and Liaodong Peninsula,…
1888 CE to 1899 CE
Inhabitants on Taiwan and Penghu wishing to remain Qing subjects are given a two-year grace period to sell their property and move to mainland China.
Very few Taiwanese see this as feasible.
On May 25, 1895, a group of pro-Qing high officials proclaims the Republic of Formosa to resist impending Japanese rule.
Japanese forces enter the capital at T'ainan and quell this resistance on October 21, 1895.
Guerrilla fighting will continue periodically until about 1902 and ultimately take the lives of fourteen thousand Taiwanese, or one half percent of the island's population.