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==Other Events of 1864==
 
==Other Events of 1864==
 
*The [[Taiping Rebellion]] in China comes to an end.
 
*The [[Taiping Rebellion]] in China comes to an end.
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*The first political cartoon by a Japanese artist, appearing in a Japanese publication, is believed to be one published in this year. Appearing in the ''Nihon bôeki shinbun'', a translation of the English-language newspaper ''Japan Commercial News'', the cartoon depicts a man with his decapitated head in his hands, and is meant to refer to the self-destructive results of the anti-foreign actions of [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]] (see [[Bombardment of Shimonoseki]]).
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===

Revision as of 20:47, 5 March 2013

Bunkyû 4 (文久四年) / Genji 1 (元治元年)

Timeline of 1864

Other Events of 1864

  • The Taiping Rebellion in China comes to an end.
  • The first political cartoon by a Japanese artist, appearing in a Japanese publication, is believed to be one published in this year. Appearing in the Nihon bôeki shinbun, a translation of the English-language newspaper Japan Commercial News, the cartoon depicts a man with his decapitated head in his hands, and is meant to refer to the self-destructive results of the anti-foreign actions of Chôshû han (see Bombardment of Shimonoseki).

Births and Deaths

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