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*1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
*1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
==Other Events==
==Other Events of 1862==
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] marries Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (see ''[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]]'').
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] marries Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (see ''[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]]'').
*The ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' is formed.
*The ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' is formed.
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' is first issued.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
