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| 1902 |
| | | The three-year Philippine-American War is brought to an end, and the Philippines become a US colony | |
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| 1904 |
| | | A surprise Japanese attack on Russian warships in Port Arthur launches the Russo-Japanese War for influence in the Far East | |
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| 1905 |
| | | President Thedore Roosevelt mediates a peace treaty in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, between Russia and Japan | |
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| 1905 |
| | | The Treaty of Portsmouth gives Japan control of Port Arthur and much of the Liaotung Peninsula | |
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| 1906 |
| | | President Roosevelt wins a Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation between Russia and Japan | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The last Manchu emperor, Puyi, is placed on the throne at the age of two on the death of his uncle, the Guanxu emperor | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The Empress Dowager Cixi dies the day after selecting the infant Puyi for the Chinese throne | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Bernard Leach moves to Japan to study oriental traditions in the graphic arts | |
|  | Stoneware box, Bernard Leach
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| 1910 |
| | | Japan annexes Korea as a colony, to be controlled by a Japanese governor-general | |
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| 1911 |
| | | Bernard Leach discovers his skill and future craft at a raku party in Japan, where each guest is invited to throw a pot | |
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