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| == Timeline of 1864 == | | == Timeline of 1864 == |
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| * 1864/1/15 Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] visits to [[Kyoto]]. | | * 1864/1/15 Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] visits to [[Kyoto]]. |
− | * 1864/3/27 [[Tenguto|Tengutô]] Rebellion. | + | * 1864/3/27 [[Tenguto Rebellion|Tengutô Rebellion]]. |
| + | * 1864/4 [[Itakura Katsukiyo]] is ousted from his post as ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' as a new faction comes to power in the shogunate. Led by [[Abe Masato|Abe Masatô]] and [[Takemoto Masaaki]] among others, this new faction is less supportive of the [[joi|expulsion of the foreigners]] and more concerned with threats to Tokugawa authority represented by certain factions within the Imperial Court and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]]. |
| * 1864/5/21 [[Bakufu]] establishes the Naval Academy. | | * 1864/5/21 [[Bakufu]] establishes the Naval Academy. |
| * 1864/6/5 [[Ikedaya Affair]] | | * 1864/6/5 [[Ikedaya Affair]] |
− | * 1864/6/15 Constraction of [[Goryokaku|Goryôkaku]] is completed. | + | * 1864/6/15 Construction of [[Goryokaku|Goryôkaku]] is completed. |
| * 1864/7/19 [[Kinmon Rebellion]] | | * 1864/7/19 [[Kinmon Rebellion]] |
− | * 1864/7/24 Bakufu orders the 21 han to attack [[Choshu han|Choshu]]. | + | * 1864/7/24 Bakufu orders the 21 ''han'' to attack Chôshû. |
− | * 1864/8/5 Britain,America,France,Netherland attack Shimonoseki.([[Shimonoseki War]]) | + | * 1864/8/5 Britain, America, France, and the Netherlands attack Shimonoseki. |
− | * 1864/9/22 Bakufu signed to pay compensations to the 4 countries. | + | * 1864/9 Shogunate reopens the port of [[Yokohama]], after closing it in the spring. |
| + | * 1864/9/22 Bakufu agrees to pay compensations to the four countries. |
| * 1864/12 | | * 1864/12 |
| ** 12/16 Tengutô surrenders in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. | | ** 12/16 Tengutô surrenders in [[Echizen province|Echizen]]. |
− | ** 12/16 [[Takasugi Shinsaku]] and [[Yugekitai|Yûgekitai]] attacks Shimonoseki. | + | ** 12/16 [[Takasugi Shinsaku]] and Chôshû troops attack Shimonoseki. |
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| + | ==Other Events of 1864== |
| + | *The French establish a protectorate over Cambodia. |
| + | *The [[Taiping Rebellion]] in China comes to an end. |
| + | *The [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Court launches the [[Tongzhi Restoration]] in an effort to halt or reverse the dynasty's decline. |
| + | *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]]). |
| + | *[[Leon Roches|Léon Roches]] becomes French consul in Japan. |
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| + | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1864/8/2 [[Sho Ten|Shô Ten]] (d. 1920), Crown Prince of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], is born. |
| + | *[[Gentei]], Queen of King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] of Ryûkyû, dies. |
| + | *[[Hong Xiuquan]] dies (b. [[1814]]). |
| + | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Matsubara Sangoro|Matsubara Sangorô]] is born (d. 1946). |
| + | *[[Takeuchi Seiho|Takeuchi Seihô]] is born (d. 1942). |
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