Timeline Monday 11 May 1891

Events on Monday 11 May 1891 1

• 1891 Otsu incident Attack on the Russian tsarevich in Japan Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzo attacked and wounded Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia during his state visit to Japan, in the town of Otsu. Emperor Meiji personally visited the injured heir to apologize, and Japan feared Russian retaliation. The affair became a major test of Japan's judicial independence from imperial interference.