1859

Ansei 6 (安政六年)

Timeline of 1859

• 1859 April James Hepburn sets sail from New York.
• 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.
• 1859/7 Philipp von Siebold returns to Japan.
• 1859 October James Hepburn arrives in Japan and settles in Kanagawa.

Other Events

• Buke Shohatto is re-promulgated for the last time.
• Ansei Purge

Births and Deaths

• 1859/1/29 Ichikawa Ebizô V, kabuki actor, dies (b. 1791).
• 1859/9/14 Umeda Unpin, Confucian scholar, dies (b. 1815).
• Rai Mikisaburô, Confucian scholar, is executed (b. 1825).
• Ogata Gekkô, artist, is born (d. 1920).
• Hashimoto Sanai is executed (b. 1834)
• Yoshida Shôin is executed (b. 1830).

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