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==Other Events of 1844==

==Other Events of 1844==

*French ship ''[[Alcmene]]'' calls at Ryukyu; drops off a Catholic missionary and leaves.

*French ship ''[[Alcmene]]'' calls at Ryukyu; drops off the Catholic missionary [[Theodore Augustin Forcade]] and leaves.

*The French secure from the [[Daoguang Emperor]] an edict of toleration for Christianity (severe proscriptions had been issued in [[1724]]) in China.

*The French secure from the [[Daoguang Emperor]] an edict of toleration for Christianity (severe proscriptions had been issued in [[1724]]) in China.

*The shogunate asks publishers [[Subaraya Mohei]]<!--須原屋茂兵衛--> and [[Izumoji Bunjiro|Izumoji Bunjirô]]<!--出雲寺文治郎--> to reveal their sources for ''[[bukan]]'' (guidebooks to samurai houses); this is an indication that the source was not the shogunate itself.

*The shogunate asks publishers [[Subaraya Mohei]]<!--須原屋茂兵衛--> and [[Izumoji Bunjiro|Izumoji Bunjirô]]<!--出雲寺文治郎--> to reveal their sources for ''[[bukan]]'' (guidebooks to samurai houses); this is an indication that the source was not the shogunate itself.