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*1854/int.7/15 (Sept 7) Rear Admiral Sir [[James Stirling]] comes to [[Nagasaki]] with four ships, seeking to attack Putyatin.
*1854/int.7/15 (Sept 7) Rear Admiral Sir [[James Stirling]] comes to [[Nagasaki]] with four ships, seeking to attack Putyatin.
*1854/8/23 (Oct 14) The [[Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854]] is signed.
*1854/8/23 (Oct 14) The [[Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854]] is signed.
*1854/9/18 (Nov 8) Putyatin's fleet, led by the ''[[Diana]]'', returns to Japan, landing first at [[Osaka]], before being told to go to Shimoda instead.
*1854/9/2 Shogunate officials meet with [[VOC]] factor [[Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius]] in [[Nagasaki]] and discuss the opening of Shimoda and Hakodate to Dutch ships while continuing to restrict trade to the port of Nagasaki alone.
*1854/9/18 (Nov 8) Putyatin's fleet, led by the ''[[Diana]]'', returns to Japan, making port first at Hakodate, then [[Osaka]], before being told to go to Shimoda instead.
*1854/11/4 (Dec 23) [[Ansei-Tokai Earthquake|Ansei-Tôkai Earthquake]]: An earthquake and tsunami strike Shimoda and surrounding areas.
*1854/11/4 (Dec 23) [[Ansei-Tokai Earthquake|Ansei-Tôkai Earthquake]]: An earthquake and tsunami strike Shimoda and surrounding areas.
*1854/11/9 [[Ansei-Nankai Earthquake]]: An earthquake and tsunami hit the Nankaidô region.
*1854/11/9 [[Ansei-Nankai Earthquake]]: An earthquake and tsunami hit the Nankaidô region.
*1854/5/17 American sailor William Board is killed/dies in Naha, and is buried at the [[Tomari International Cemetery]].
*1854/5/17 American sailor William Board is killed/dies in Naha, and is buried at the [[Tomari International Cemetery]].
*1854/8/18 (Oct 9) Translator [[Nishi Kichibei]] is found dead in his home.
*1854/8/18 (Oct 9) Translator [[Nishi Kichibei]] is found dead in his home.
*1854/8/24 [[Fukuyama han]] retainer [[Yamaoka Hachijuro|Yamaoka Hachijûrô]] commits suicide in protest against the shogunate's foreign affairs stances.
*1854/9/28 (Nov 18) John Miller, Captain Aft G on the ''[[USS Vincennes]]'', dies in the Ryukyus and is later buried in Tomari.
*1854/9/28 (Nov 18) John Miller, Captain Aft G on the ''[[USS Vincennes]]'', dies in the Ryukyus and is later buried in Tomari.
*1854/10/1 (Nov 20) John Williams of the ''USS Vincennes'' dies in the Ryukyus and is later buried in Tomari.
*1854/10/1 (Nov 20) John Williams of the ''USS Vincennes'' dies in the Ryukyus and is later buried in Tomari.
*Architect [[Katayama Tokuma|Katayama Tôkuma]] is born (d. 1917).
*Architect [[Katayama Tokuma|Katayama Tôkuma]] is born (d. 1917).
*[[Tsubaki Chinzan]] dies (b. [[1801]]).
*[[Tsubaki Chinzan]] dies (b. [[1801]]).
