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| *1856/8 [[Henry Heusken]] arrives in Japan. | | *1856/8 [[Henry Heusken]] arrives in Japan. |
| *1856/11 [[Atsu-hime]] formally enters [[Edo castle]] as the shogun's wife. | | *1856/11 [[Atsu-hime]] formally enters [[Edo castle]] as the shogun's wife. |
| + | *1856/12/18 [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iesada]] and Atsu-hime are formally married. |
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| ==Other Events of 1856== | | ==Other Events of 1856== |
| *The shogunate establishes the ''[[kobusho|kôbusho]]''. | | *The shogunate establishes the ''[[kobusho|kôbusho]]''. |
| + | *The [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom's]] [[nentoshi|New Year's mission]] to [[Kagoshima]], led by [[Tonaki ueekata]], encounters difficulty on its way to Kagoshima and is rescued by an American fishing boat and returned to [[Naha]]. |
| *Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] presents his ''[[Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan]]'' to Congress. | | *Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] presents his ''[[Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan]]'' to Congress. |
| *The [[Second Opium War]] breaks out (ends [[1860]]). | | *The [[Second Opium War]] breaks out (ends [[1860]]). |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1856/7/12 [[Ogasawara Tadaakira]], lord of [[Kokura han]], dies. |
| *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Asai Chu|Asai Chû]] is born (d. [[1907]]). | | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Asai Chu|Asai Chû]] is born (d. [[1907]]). |
| + | *Confucian scholar [[Hirose Tanso|Hirose Tansô]] dies (b. [[1782]]). |
| *[[Ninomiya Sontoku]] dies (b. [[1787]]). | | *[[Ninomiya Sontoku]] dies (b. [[1787]]). |
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