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| ==Timeline of 1857== | | ==Timeline of 1857== |
| + | *1857/8/29 (Oct 16) - The shogunate signs a supplementary commercial treaty with Holland. |
| + | *1857/9/7 (Oct 24) - The shogunate signs a supplementary commercial treaty with Russia. |
| + | *1857/9/30 - More than twenty court nobles are sentenced to varying forms of house confinement for disrupting public morals. |
| + | *1857/10/14 [[Townsend Harris]] arrives in [[Edo]] for the first time. |
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| ==Other Events of 1857== | | ==Other Events of 1857== |
− | *[[Aizawa Seishisai]] publishes his ''Shinron'' for the first time, though it was already available in a form unauthorized by the author. | + | *[[Aizawa Seishisai]] publishes his ''[[Shinron]]'' for the first time, though it was already available in a form unauthorized by the author. |
| *The [[American Legation]] is moved to Edo from [[Shimoda]]. | | *The [[American Legation]] is moved to Edo from [[Shimoda]]. |
| *Austrian linguist [[Anton Boller]] is the first to suggest a connection between [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and the Altaic language family. | | *Austrian linguist [[Anton Boller]] is the first to suggest a connection between [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and the Altaic language family. |
| *The [[British East India Company]] is abolished following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and India comes under the direct control of the Crown. | | *The [[British East India Company]] is abolished following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and India comes under the direct control of the Crown. |
| *The French gift a piece of artillery to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]. | | *The French gift a piece of artillery to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]. |
| + | *The first gaslamp in the country is lit inside a stone lantern at the [[Shimazu clan]] [[Sengan'en|Iso Palace]] in Kagoshima. |
| *Construction begins on the [[Goryokaku castle|Goryôkaku]] in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]. | | *Construction begins on the [[Goryokaku castle|Goryôkaku]] in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]. |
| + | *A Morse code message sent from the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] to [[Kagoshima castle]] 600 meters away becomes the first Morse code message sent within Japan. |
| *The [[Royal Asiatic Society]] is established. | | *The [[Royal Asiatic Society]] is established. |
| *[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] and [[Kiyokawa Hachiro|Kiyokawa Hachirô]] form the [[Torao Party]]. | | *[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] and [[Kiyokawa Hachiro|Kiyokawa Hachirô]] form the [[Torao Party]]. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1857/1/28 [[Hashimoto Sanehisa]] dies. |
| + | *1857/5/29 [[Hirohata Mototoyo]] dies. |
| + | *1857/6/9 (July 29) - [[Abe Masahiro]] dies. |
| + | *1857/10/2 [[Wakadoshiyori]] [[Torii Tadahira]] dies. |
| *[[Goto Shinpei|Gotô Shinpei]], 3rd [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)]], is born (d. 1929). | | *[[Goto Shinpei|Gotô Shinpei]], 3rd [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)]], is born (d. 1929). |
| *Sculptor [[Naganuma Moriyoshi]] is born (d. 1942). | | *Sculptor [[Naganuma Moriyoshi]] is born (d. 1942). |
| *Shanghai painter [[Ren Xiong]] dies (b. [[1823]]). | | *Shanghai painter [[Ren Xiong]] dies (b. [[1823]]). |
| + | *[[Ueki Emori]] is born (d. [[1892]]). |
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