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==Timeline of 1853==
==Timeline of 1853==
*1853/2/29 American fleet ([[Black Ships]]) led by Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] lands at Hong Kong.
*Kaei 5/12/1-2 (Jan. 10-11) An American fleet ([[Black Ships]]) led by [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] make port at St. Helena.
*Kaei 5/12/15-25 (Jan. 24 - Feb. 3) Perry's fleet makes port at Capetown, in South Africa.
*1853/1/11-21 Perry's fleet makes port in Mauritius.
*1853/2/1-6 Perry's fleet makes port at Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
*1853/2/16-20 Perry's fleet makes port at Singapore.
*1853/2/29 Perry's fleet lands at Hong Kong or Macao.
*1853/3/21 Perry's fleet leaves Hong Kong / Macao.
*1853/3/27 Perry's fleet lands at Shanghai.
*1853/3/27 Perry's fleet lands at Shanghai.
*1853/4/19 Perry's fleet lands at [[Naha]].
*1853/4/10 Perry's fleet departs Shanghai.
*1853/4/23 Several of Perry's men seize the main assembly hall / schoolhouse of [[Tomari]], establishing it as an American residence.
*1853/4/19 (May 26) Perry's fleet lands at [[Naha]].
*1853/4/26 The ''Caprice'' from Perry's fleet departs Okinawa for Shanghai, carrying laundry, $800 to be deposited into the banks in the name of British missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]], and post, including a letter from Commodore Perry to the US Secretary of the Navy, and Bettleheim's first missives in 11 months.
*1853/4/23 (May 30) Several of Perry's men seize the main assembly hall / schoolhouse of [[Tomari]], establishing it as an American residence.
*1853/4/28 The Ryukyuan royal regent visits Perry aboard ship and attempts to convince him to give up his intentions to visit [[Shuri castle]]. Perry denies Bettelheim's request to travel with him to Japan.
*1853/5/26 Perry departs Okinawa.
*1853/4/30 Perry enters Shuri castle, though he is denied an audience with the king or dowager queen.
*1853/7/18 Russian embassy under [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin|Putyatin]] arrives in [[Nagasaki]].
*1853/5/1 Perry holds a full-dress review of his fleet at Naha Harbor.
*1853 July The shogunate consults various daimyô on the issue of opening the country. [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] of [[Mito han]] is appointed to oversee the country's naval defense.
*1853/5/2 Perry claims a portion of the [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Gokoku-ji]] complex where Bettelheim had been living as pasture for the fleet's flocks.
*1853 August Construction begins on coastal fort at [[Shinagawa]].
*1853/5/3 Two American ships depart Naha for the [[Ogasawara Islands]].
*1853 September Ban on the construction of large ships is lifted.
*1853/5/8 Perry's fleet reaches the Ogasawara Islands, and claims them for the United States.
*1853/10/1 Two ships depart [[Miyako Island]], carrying away 280 Chinese coolies who had hidden out on the island, bringing a resolution to the [[Robert Browne Incident|''Robert Browne'' Incident]] of the previous year.
*1853/5/17 Perry returns to Naha.
*1853/5/20 Bettelheim preaches to the Americans aboard the ''Plymouth'' at Naha.
==Dates Unclear==
*1853/5/26 Perry leaves Okinawa with four ships, on his first journey to Japan.
The ''Caprice'' from Perry's fleet departs Okinawa for Shanghai, carrying laundry, $800 to be deposited into the banks in the name of British missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]], and post, including a letter from Commodore Perry to the US Secretary of the Navy, and Bettleheim's first missives in 11 months.
*1853/5/28 The Ryukyuan royal regent visits Perry aboard ship and attempts to convince him to give up his intentions to visit [[Shuri castle]]. Perry denies Bettelheim's request to travel with him to Japan.
*1853/5/30 Perry enters Shuri castle, though he is denied an audience with the king or dowager queen.
*1853/6/1 Perry holds a full-dress review of his fleet at Naha Harbor.
*1853/6/2 Perry claims a portion of the [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Gokoku-ji]] complex where Bettelheim had been living as pasture for the fleet's flocks.
*1853/6/3 Two American ships depart Naha for the [[Ogasawara Islands]].
*1853/6/8 Perry's fleet reaches the Ogasawara Islands, and claims them for the United States.
*1853/6/17 Perry returns to Naha.
*1853/6/20 Bettelheim preaches to the Americans aboard the ''Plymouth'' at Naha.
*1853/6/26 Perry leaves Okinawa with four ships, on his first journey to Japan.
*1853/6/3 Perry's fleet lands at [[Uraga]] near [[Edo]], presents credentials from Pres. Fillmore to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] officials.
*1853/6/3 Perry's fleet lands at [[Uraga]] near [[Edo]], presents credentials from Pres. Fillmore to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] officials.
*1853/6 [[Abe Masahiro]] reports on the arrival of the Black Ships to the [[Imperial Court]].
*1853/6 [[Abe Masahiro]] reports on the arrival of the Black Ships to the [[Imperial Court]].
*1853/6/23 Perry meets with the Ryukyuan regent, and receives the formal response to his insistence that the kingdom allow for the construction of a coaling station at Naha and the free welcoming of American ships. The regent denies his request at first, but capitulates once the commodore threatens to seize Shuri castle.
*1853/6/23 Perry meets with the Ryukyuan regent, and receives the formal response to his insistence that the kingdom allow for the construction of a coaling station at Naha and the free welcoming of American ships. The regent denies his request at first, but capitulates once the commodore threatens to seize Shuri castle.
*1853/6/27 Perry departs Okinawa.
*1853/6/27 Perry departs Okinawa.
==Other Events==
==Other Events==