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*One hundred forty-eight Japanese arrive in [[Hawaii]] under contracts as sugar plantation workers, after being shipped out of [[Yokohama]] without authorization. Arriving in the first year (''gannen'') of the Meiji period, they come to be known as ''[[gannenmono]]''.
*One hundred forty-eight Japanese arrive in [[Hawaii]] under contracts as sugar plantation workers, after being shipped out of [[Yokohama]] without authorization. Arriving in the first year (''gannen'') of the Meiji period, they come to be known as ''[[gannenmono]]''.
*The terms ''[[han]]'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
*The terms ''[[han]]'' and ''[[shogunate|bakufu]]'' are used in an official context for the first time.
*The port of [[Kobe]] (aka [[Hyogo no tsu|Hyôgo no tsu]]) is opened to Western trade.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*[[Nagaoka castle]] is torn down.
*[[Shirakawa castle]] is burnt down in battle.
*[[Shirakawa castle]] is burnt down in battle.
