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*The [[First Domestic Industrial Exposition]] (''Naikoku Kangyô Hakurankai'') is held.
*The [[First Domestic Industrial Exposition]] (''Naikoku Kangyô Hakurankai'') is held.
*[[Nomura Fumio]]'s ''[[Marumaru Chinbun]]'' is first issued.
*[[Nomura Fumio]]'s ''[[Marumaru Chinbun]]'' is first issued.
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*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] becomes head of the [[Shijo school|Shijô school]] upon the death of his master [[Shiokawa Bunrin]].
*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new [[Tokyo Imperial University]].
*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] is invited to organize the Dept of Zoology at the new [[Tokyo Imperial University]].
*Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan.
*Edward Sylvester Morse introduces Darwin's theories on natural selection and "the origin of species" to Japan.
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*[[Kido Takayoshi]] dies.
*[[Kido Takayoshi]] dies.
*[[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] dies.
*[[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] dies.
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*Shijô school head Shiokawa Bunrin dies (b. [[1808]]).
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