| 1905/02/00 |
Theodore Roosevelt sends messages to the Russian government via the US ambassador to St Petersburg. |
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| 1905/03/08 |
Japanese Army Minister Terauchi Masatake meets with the American minister to Japan, Lloyd Griscom, to convey word to Roosevelt that Japan was ready to negotiate a peace. |
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| 1905/03/10 |
Battle of Mukden, one of the largest land battles to be fought before World War I and the last and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, ends near Mukden in Manchuria. |
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| 1905/05/30 |
Two days after the loss of the Russian fleet at the Battle of Tsushima, Tsar Nicholas II meets with his grand dukes and military leadership and agreed to discuss peace. |
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| 1905/06/07 |
Theodore Roosevelt meets with Japanese diplomat, Kaneko Kentaro. |
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| 1905/06/08 |
Theodore Roosevelt receives a positive reply from Russia. |
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| 1905/07/08 |
Baron Komura and the Peace Plenipotentiaries embark from Yokohama on the steamer MINNESOTA. |
Yokohama, Kanagawa
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| 1905/07/19 |
The steamer MINNESOTA with Japanese Peace Plenipotentiaries safely arrives at Port Townsend. |
Port Townsend Historic District, Port Townsend
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| 1905/08/05 |
Japanese and Russian Peace Plenipotentiaries and their suites leave New York for Oyster Bay on board the President's yacht, MAYFLOWER. |
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| 1905/08/05 |
Theodore Roosevelt meets envoys of Russia and Japan separately in the Sagamore Hill Library and then brings them together to inaugurate the Conference that will end in the Treaty of Portsmouth. |
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Town of Oyster Bay, NY
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| 1905/08/06 |
The MAYFLOWER enters Newport. Sergei Witte, refuses to travel by sea and leaves for Portsmouth via Boston, taking with him secretary Baron Rosen. |
Newport Historic District, Newport, RI
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| 1905/08/08 |
Immediately after the MAYFLOWER arrives in Portsmouth, Sergei Witte re-embarks on the vessel and are subsequently paid a visit by the Commander of the Naval Station. |
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| 1905/08/08 |
Japanese and Russian Peace Plenipotentiaries disembark to be entertained by a large number of ladies and gentlemen at a luncheon at the Naval Station. |
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| 1905/08/08 |
Japanese delegates, Komura Jutaro and Takahira Kogoro, and Russian representatives Sergei Witte, Roman Rosen and Friedrich Martens begin their stay at the Hotel Wentworth. According to Frank Jones' will, their stay is free of charge. |
Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, NH
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| 1905/08/09 |
First negotiation session begins at the General Stores Building (now Bldg 86). During the first eight sessions, the delegates agree to an immediate cease fire, recognition of Japan's claims to Korea and the evacuation of Russian forces from Manchuria. |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
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| 1905/08/30 |
The last of 12 negotiation sessions begins. In the last four sessions, the delegates addressed reparations and territorial concessions. The conference table is preserved at the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. |
Hakubutsukan Meiji-mura, Inuyama, JP
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| 1905/09/01 |
Sergei Witte and Roman Rosen for Russia, and Komura Jutaro and Takahira Kogoro for Japan sign the Protocol of Armistice at the Hotel Wentworth, New Hampshire (or at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine). |
Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, NH
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| 1905/09/05 |
The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard by Sergei Witte and Roman Rosen for Russia, and Komura Jutaro and Takahira Kogoro for Japan. |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
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| 1905/09/13 |
Commissioners from the Russian and Japanese armies in Manchuria meet at Shahotsz, 5 mi north of Changtu. In a conference lasting until 7:20pm, they agree to suspend fighting and that the armistice shall become operative on the 16th of September. |
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| 1905/10/10 |
The Japanese Privy Council ratifies the Treaty of Portsmouth. |
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| 1905/10/14 |
Russia ratifies the Treaty of Portsmouth. |
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