Russo-Japanese War: Timeline

1904   Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts Russo-Japanese War

1904   Russo-Japanese War: Russia Russia

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n troops in Korea Korea

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 retreat toward Manchuria Manchuria

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 followed by 100,000 Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

ese troops.

1904   The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia Estonia

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 for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

1905   Russo-Japanese War: The Russia Russia

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n Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China China

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; an event which shocked the world.

1905   Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire New Hampshire

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 a treaty Treaty

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 mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt

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, is signed by victor Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

 and defeated party Russia Russia

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. In the agreement, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria Manchuria

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 to Japan.

1906   Pres. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt

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 is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize

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 for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).