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Feb 3 • 04:00 UTC • 🇪🇪 Estonia • Postimees

TODAY IN HISTORY ⟩ The Meiji Restoration began in Japan

On February 3, 1867, Emperor Meiji ascended the throne, marking the start of the Meiji Restoration that restored real power to the emperor after centuries of Tokugawa shogunate rule.

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