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*1840/7 Representatives of the [[Dutch East India Company]] arrive at [[Nagasaki]] and inform of the outbreak of the [[Opium War]].
*1840/7 Representatives of the [[Dutch East India Company]] arrive at [[Nagasaki]] and inform of the outbreak of the [[Opium War]].
*1840/9 [[Takashima Shuhan|Takashima Shûhan]] offers a proposal to the shogunate on the production and use of artillery.
*1840/9 [[Takashima Shuhan|Takashima Shûhan]] offers a proposal to the shogunate on the production and use of artillery.
*1840/11 ''[[Sanboryochigae|Sanbôryôchigae]]'' - The daimyo of [[Shonai han]] (Dewa province), [[Kawagoe han]] (Musashi province), and [[Nagaoka han]] (Echigo province) are moved to one another's territories.
*1840/11 ''[[Sanboryochigae|Sanbôryôchigae]]'' - The daimyo of [[Shonai han|Shônai]] (Dewa province), [[Kawagoe han]] (Musashi province), and [[Nagaoka han]] (Echigo province) are moved to one another's territories. Following violent resistance by the people of Shônai, the order is withdrawn.
==Other Events==
==Other Events of 1840==
*[[James Hepburn]] arrives in China.
*[[James Hepburn]] arrives in China.
*[[Manabe Akikatsu]] is named ''[[roju|rôjû]]''.
*The [[Opium War]] begins in China (~1842).
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Harada Sanosuke]], member of the [[Shinsengumi]], is born (d. 1868).
*[[Harada Sanosuke]], member of the [[Shinsengumi]], is born (d. 1868).
*[[Ito Tetsugoro|Itô Tetsugorô]], member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1868).
*[[Ito Tetsugoro|Itô Tetsugorô]], member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1868).
*[[Alfred T. Mahan]] is born (d. 1914).
*[[Shibusawa Eiichi]] is born (d. 1931).
*[[Yoshimura Kan'ichiro|Yoshimura Kan'ichirô]], member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1868).
*[[Yoshimura Kan'ichiro|Yoshimura Kan'ichirô]], member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1868).
