Republic of Formosa

Republic of Formosa
Republic of Formosa
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	臺灣民主國
Simplified Chinese	台湾民主国
Literal meaning	Democratic State of Taiwan
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān Mínzhǔguó
Bopomofo	ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Wade–Giles	T'ai²-wan¹ Min²-chu³-kuo²
Tongyong Pinyin	Táiwan Mínjhǔguó
Hakka
Romanization	Thòi-vân Mìn-chú-koet
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tâi-oân Bîn-chú-kok
Tâi-lô	Tâi-uân Bîn-tsú-kok
Japanese name
Hiragana	たいわんみんしゅこく
Katakana	タイワンミンシュコク
Kyūjitai	臺灣民主國
Shinjitai	台湾民主国
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Taiwan Minshukoku
Kunrei-shiki	Taiwan Minsyukoku

Republic of Formosa
臺灣民主國 (Chinese)
*Tâi-oân Bîn-chú-kok* (Taiwanese)
*Thòi-vân Mìn-chú-koet* (Hakka)
Republic of Formosa 臺灣民主國 (Chinese); Tâi-oân Bîn-chú-kok (Taiwanese); Thòi-vân Mìn-chú-koet (Hakka)
1895
	Flag
	National seal:; 民主國之寶璽;
	The island of Taiwan, on which the Republic of Formosa was established in 1895.
Status	Unrecognized state
Capital	Taipei (May – June 1895); Tainan (June – October 1895)
Common languages	Chinese (Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka)
Government	Republic
President
• 1895	Tang Jingsong
• 1895	Liu Yongfu (de facto)
Historical era	New Imperialism
• Independence declared from Qing dynasty	23 May 1895
• Occupied by Imperial Japan	21 October 1895
Currency	Qing Tael
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Taiwan under Qing rule
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Today part of	Republic of China (Taiwan)

The Republic of Formosa was a short-lived republic^[1]^[2] that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and its being taken over by Japanese troops. The Republic lasted 151 days; it was proclaimed on 23 May 1895 and extinguished on 21 October, when the Republican capital Tainan was taken over by the Japanese. Though sometimes claimed as the first East Asian republic to have been proclaimed, it was predated by the Lanfang Republic in Borneo, established in 1777, as well as by the Republic of Ezo in Japan, established in 1869.

^ Wright, David Curtis (1 January 2011). The History of China. ABC-CLIO. p. 113. ISBN 9780313377488. In May 1895 a short-lived republic was declared in Taiwan ...
^ "Republic of Formosa. Most Short-Lived Government That Has Ever Existed". Sacramento Daily Record-Union. Sacramento. 20 July 1895. p. 8. Denby confirms the statement made that a republican form of government was instituted, and says: 'This republic will pass into history as the most short-lived government that ever existed.'

[1] Wright, David Curtis (1 January 2011). The History of China. ABC-CLIO. p. 113. ISBN 9780313377488. In May 1895 a short-lived republic was declared in Taiwan ...

[2] "Republic of Formosa. Most Short-Lived Government That Has Ever Existed". Sacramento Daily Record-Union. Sacramento. 20 July 1895. p. 8. Denby confirms the statement made that a republican form of government was instituted, and says: 'This republic will pass into history as the most short-lived government that ever existed.'

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