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*1859 April [[James Hepburn]] sets sail from New York.
*1859 April [[James Hepburn]] sets sail from New York.
*1859/4/24 (May 26) [[Rutherford Alcock]] and his translator [[Kumano no Denkichi]] arrive in Edo harbor.
*1859/4/24 (May 26) [[Rutherford Alcock]] and his translator [[Kumano no Denkichi]] arrive in Edo harbor.
*1859/4 to 1859/5 [[HMS Actaeon|HMS ''Actaeon'']] arrives at [[Tsushima han|Tsushima]] and its crew stay for a time at several villages on the island.
*1859/4/17 to 1859/5/5 [[HMS Actaeon|HMS ''Actaeon'']] arrives at [[Tsushima han|Tsushima]] and its crew stay for a time at several villages on the island.
*1859/5 HMS ''Actaeon'' calls at Pusan.
*1859/5/9-25 HMS ''Actaeon'' calls at Pusan.
*1859/5 Rutherford Alcock takes up his post as the first British diplomatic representative in Japan.
*1859/5 Rutherford Alcock takes up his post as the first British diplomatic representative in Japan.
*1859/6 [[Yokohama]], [[Nagasaki]], and [[Hakodate]] are opened as [[treaty ports]].
*1859/6 [[Yokohama]], [[Nagasaki]], and [[Hakodate]] are opened as [[treaty ports]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1859/1/29 [[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Ebizô V]], kabuki actor, dies (b. [[1791]]).
*1859/1/29 [[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Ebizô V]], kabuki actor, dies (b. [[1791]]).
*1859/7/27 Russian sailors Roman Mophet and Ivan Sokoloff are killed in [[Yokohama]].
*1859/9/14 [[Umeda Unpin]], Confucian scholar, dies (b. [[1815]]).
*1859/9/14 [[Umeda Unpin]], Confucian scholar, dies (b. [[1815]]).
*1859/10/6 [[Sanjo Sanetsumu|Sanjô Sanetsumu]] dies.
*[[Hashimoto Sanai]] is executed (b. [[1834]])
*[[Hashimoto Sanai]] is executed (b. [[1834]])
*[[Hayashi Akira]] dies (b. [[1800]]).
*[[Hayashi Akira]] dies (b. [[1800]]).
