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*Gregorian calendar replaces the lunar calendar.
*Gregorian calendar replaces the lunar calendar.
*[[Ako castle|Akô castle]] is demolished.
*[[Ako castle|Akô castle]] is demolished.
*[[Amagasaki castle]] is torn down.
*[[Durham Stevens]] is appointed secretary of the [[United States Legation]] in [[Tokyo]].
*[[Durham Stevens]] is appointed secretary of the [[United States Legation]] in [[Tokyo]].
*[[Imabari castle]] is demolished.
*[[Imabari castle]] is demolished.
*[[Shibata castle]] is demolished.
*[[Shibata castle]] is demolished.
*[[Soma Kazue]] moves to Tokyo with his wife.
*[[Soma Kazue]] moves to Tokyo with his wife.
*[[Takasaki castle]] is torn down.
*[[Takatori castle]] is torn down.
*Four Japanese seafarers from [[Oda Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]) are robbed and nearly killed by Taiwanese aborigines. They are rescued by an aborigine chief and return to Japan via [[Shanghai]]; official thanks are sent by the [[Meiji government]] for their safe return.
*Four Japanese seafarers from [[Oda Prefecture]] (modern-day [[Okayama Prefecture]]) are robbed and nearly killed by Taiwanese aborigines. They are rescued by an aborigine chief and return to Japan via [[Shanghai]]; official thanks are sent by the [[Meiji government]] for their safe return.
*[[Usuki castle]] is torn down.
*Japan exhibits at the [[1873 Vienna Exposition]].
*Japan exhibits at the [[1873 Vienna Exposition]].
*[[Yokosuka castle]] is torn down.
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