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Kaei 6 (嘉永六年)
==Timeline of 1853==
*1853/2/29 American fleet ([[Black Ships]]) led by Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] lands at Hong Kong.
*1853/3/27 Perry's fleet lands at Shanghai.
*1853/4/19 Perry's fleet lands at [[Naha]].
*1853/5/8 Perry's fleet reaches the [[Ogasawara Islands]].
*1853/6/3 Perry's fleet lands at [[Uraga]] near [[Edo]], presents credentials from Pres. Fillmore to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] officials.
*1853/6 [[Abe Masahiro]] reports on the arrival of the Black Ships to the [[Imperial Court]].
*1853/7 Russian embassy under [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin|Putyatin]] arrives in [[Nagasaki]].
*1853/7 The shogunate consults various daimyô on the issue of opening the country. [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] of [[Mito han]] is appointed to oversee the country's naval defense.
*1853/8 Construction begins on coastal fort at [[Shinagawa]].
*1853/9 Ban on the construction of large ships is lifted.
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