Timeline Monday 24 September 1877

Events on Monday 24 September 1877 2

• 1828 – 1877 Saigo Takamori (1828-1877) Died 24 September 1877, aged 49 Saigo Takamori was a samurai leader who helped restore imperial rule in the Meiji Restoration before breaking with the new government over its modernization policies. He led the Satsuma Rebellion against the government he had helped create and died by suicide after his defeat at the Battle of Shiroyama. He is remembered in Japan as an emblem of samurai loyalty and honor.
• 1877 Satsuma Rebellion Samurai uprising against the Meiji government Disaffected samurai in southwestern Japan, led by Saigo Takamori, rose against the modernizing Meiji government's abolition of samurai privileges. Imperial conscript forces defeated the rebels after months of fighting, culminating in the Battle of Shiroyama. The rebellion was the last major armed challenge to the new Japanese state and ended the samurai class as a military force.