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==Timeline of 1863==
==Timeline of 1863==
* 1863/2 The British legation in [[Yokohama]] demands reparations, and a formal apology from the shogunate and [[Satsuma han]] for the [[Namamugi Incident]] of the previous year, in which a British man was killed by Satsuma samurai, as well as demanding that those guilty be punished.
* 1863/2 The British legation in [[Yokohama]] demands reparations, and a formal apology from the shogunate and [[Satsuma han]] for the [[Namamugi Incident]] of the previous year, in which a British man was killed by Satsuma samurai, as well as demanding that those guilty be punished.
* 1863/2/8 The Rôshigumi is organized.
* 1863/2/8 The Rôshigumi is organized.
* 1863/3
* 1863/2/13 [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] departs [[Edo castle]], bound for [[Kyoto]]. This is the first shogunal visit to the imperial capital in nearly 230 years, since [[Tokugawa Iemitsu|Tokugawa Iemitsu's]] journey to Kyoto in [[1634]].
** 3/12 The Rôshigumi is renamed the ''Mibu Rôshigumi''
* 1863/3/5 Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi arrives in Kyoto.
** 3/25 Assassination of [[Tonouchi Yoshio]]
* 1863/3/12 The Rôshigumi is renamed the ''Mibu Rôshigumi''
* 1863/3/25 Assassination of [[Tonouchi Yoshio]]
* 1863/5/10 [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] issues an imperial order that all foreigners be [[joi|expelled]].
* 1863/5/10 [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]] issues an imperial order that all foreigners be [[joi|expelled]].
* 1863/6/3 Fighting with Sumo wrestlers in Osaka.
* 1863/6/3 Fighting with Sumo wrestlers in Osaka.
*King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] orders a national prayer to be held for Satsuma.
*King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] orders a national prayer to be held for Satsuma.
*[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] joins the Mibu Rôshigumi.
*[[Saito Hajime|Saitô Hajime]] joins the Mibu Rôshigumi.
===Births and Deaths of 1863===
===Births and Deaths of 1863===
