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== Timeline of 1867 == | == Timeline of 1867 == | ||
| − | *Keiô 2/12 (Jan) [[Fukuzawa Yukichi|Fukuzawa Yukichi's]] "''Seiyô Jijô''" is published, and very quickly sells 150,000 copies. | + | *Keiô 2/12 (Jan) [[Fukuzawa Yukichi|Fukuzawa Yukichi's]] "''[[Seiyo Jijo|Seiyô Jijô]]''" is published, and very quickly sells 150,000 copies. |
*Keiô 2/12/5 (10 Jan) [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] becomes the 15th Tokugawa Shogun. | *Keiô 2/12/5 (10 Jan) [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] becomes the 15th Tokugawa Shogun. | ||
*1867/1/9 [[Emperor Meiji]] succeeds to the throne. | *1867/1/9 [[Emperor Meiji]] succeeds to the throne. | ||
Revision as of 01:37, 13 November 2013
Keiô 3 (慶応三年)
Timeline of 1867
- Keiô 2/12 (Jan) Fukuzawa Yukichi's "Seiyô Jijô" is published, and very quickly sells 150,000 copies.
- Keiô 2/12/5 (10 Jan) Tokugawa Yoshinobu becomes the 15th Tokugawa Shogun.
- 1867/1/9 Emperor Meiji succeeds to the throne.
- 1867/7 The Ee ja nai ka movement spreads.
- 1867/9/12 Steamboat line between Edo and Osaka is established.
- 1867/9/18 Satsuma han and Chôshu han conclude an alliance of Tôbaku.
- 1867/10/14 Restoration of political power to the Emperor. (Taisei Hôkan)
- 1867/11/15 Assassination of Sakamoto Ryôma and Nakaoka Shintarô.
Other Events of 1867
- Japan exhibits at the 1867 Paris World's Fair (Exposition Universelle); the exposition as a whole is four times the size of any previous such exposition. The shogunate, and Satsuma han (as "Kingdom of Ryukyu and Satsuma"), send separate delegations; the weakened shogunal legitimacy this presents causes France to withhold a crucial monetary loan from the shogunate.
- Kôno Bairei opens his juku in Kyoto.
- Charles LeGendre, US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.
Births and Deaths
- 1867/11/15 Sakamoto Ryôma is killed.
- 1867/11/17 Nakaoka Shintarô dies of his wounds.
- Arms & armor collector Bashford Dean is born (d. 1928).
- Emperor Kômei dies (b. 1831).
- Bunkio Matsuki is born.
- Frank Lloyd Wright is born (d. 1959).
- Architect Itô Chûta is born (d. 1954).
- Natsume Sôseki is born (d. 1916).
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