Difference between revisions of "1861"

Revision as of 21:50, 31 January 2016

Man'en 2 (万延二年) / Bunkyû 1 (文久元年)

1861/2/3 Russian ship Posadnik drops anchor at Tsushima.
1861/5 Sonnô jôi activists from Mito han attack the British legation in Edo, killing 21.
1861/5/23-6/9 The Great Comet of 1861 is observed in Okinawa.
1861/12/2 (Jan 1, 1862) The first official Tokugawa shogunate embassy to Europe, led by Takeuchi Yasunori, departs from Edo.

Currency conversion is undertaken in Ryûkyû, with each copper coin being replaced by two in iron.
King Shô Tai of Ryûkyû orders a nationwide prayer be held for China, in light of the Taiping Rebellion and Anglo-French invasion of Beijing as part of the Second Opium War.
Kondô Isami becomes the fourth head of the Tennen Rishin-ryû.
Sakamoto Ryôma joins the Tosa Loyalist Party.
A Ryukyuan tribute mission is denied permission to travel to Beijing, and stays in Fuzhou for several months, requesting permission and being denied several times, before finally returning to Ryûykû.
Political cartoonist Charles Wirgman arrives in Japan.
China establishes the Zongli Yamen, an office managing China's foreign relations within a Western world order of international relations between nation-states.

Previous Year
1860

1861

Following Year
1862

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 *1861/5 ''[[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activists from [[Mito han]] attack the British legation in [[Edo]], killing 21.
 *1861/5/23-6/9 The Great Comet of 1861 is observed in Okinawa.
-*1861/12/2 (Jan 1, 1862) The first official [[Tokugawa shogunate]] embassy to Europe departs from Edo.
+*1861/12/2 (Jan 1, 1862) The first official [[Tokugawa shogunate]] embassy to Europe, led by [[Takeuchi Yasunori]], departs from Edo.
 ==Other Events of 1861==