Taiwanese Resistance to the Japanese Invasion (1895)

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The Japanese invasion of Taiwan (Formosa)
Date May–October 1895 Location Taiwan (Republic of Formosa) Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Republic of Formosa	Empire of Japan
Casualties and losses
Killed: approx. 14,000 including civilian casualties	Killed: 164 Wounded: 515 Died from disease: 4,642

The Taiwanese Resistance to the Japanese Invasion of 1895 was a conflict between the short-lived Republic of Formosa (Taiwan) and the Empire of Japan. The invasion came shortly after the Qing dynasty's cession of Taiwan to Japan in April 1895 at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War.

The Japanese landed near Keelung on May 29, 1895, and swept south to Tainan. Although their advance was slowed by guerrilla activity, they defeated the Taiwanese forces in five months. The Japanese victory at Baguashan on August 27 was the largest battle ever fought on Taiwanese soil and doomed the Formosan resistance. The fall of Tainan on October 21 ended organized resistance and began five decades of Japanese rule in Taiwan.