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*1862/3 [[Kabuki]] play "[[Benten Kozo|Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e]]" premieres at the [[Ichimura-za]] in [[Edo]].
*1862/3 [[Kabuki]] play "[[Benten Kozo|Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e]]" premieres at the [[Ichimura-za]] in [[Edo]].
*1862/3 [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]] leaves Japan for the final time.
*1862/3 [[Philipp Franz von Siebold]] leaves Japan for the final time.
*1862/3 (April) The first official [[Tokugawa shogunate]] mission to Europe, led by [[Takeuchi Yasunori]], meets with Napoleon III in Paris.
*1862/4/23 [[Teradaya Incident]] - meeting of pro-Imperial rebels is broken up as a fight breaks out at the Teradaya in [[Fushimi]], near Kyoto.
*1862/4/23 [[Teradaya Incident]] - meeting of pro-Imperial rebels is broken up as a fight breaks out at the Teradaya in [[Fushimi]], near Kyoto.
*1862/5 Central repository of ''[[han]]'' books is moved to [[Kanda]] and renamed as repository of Western books. Photography archives are established in [[Yokohama]] and Shimooka-renjô.
*1862/5 Central repository of ''[[han]]'' books is moved to [[Kanda]] and renamed as repository of Western books. Photography archives are established in [[Yokohama]] and Shimooka-renjô.
*1862/5/9 Takeuchi Yasunori and British Foreign Secretary Earl Russell sign the [[London Protocol]] in London.
*1862/8/21 [[Namamugi Incident]] - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of [[Satsuma han]].
*1862/8/21 [[Namamugi Incident]] - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of [[Satsuma han]].
*1862/int.8 [[Matsudaira Katamori]] is named ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]''.
*1862/int.8 [[Matsudaira Katamori]] is named ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]''.
*1862/11 An Imperial court council decides to "[[sonno joi|expel the barbarians]]" (Westerners).
*1862/int.8 The shogunate relaxes ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, and there is an exodus of samurai from the city.
*1862/9 [[Tsushima han]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] enter into an alliance.
*1862/10 [[Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt]], French minister in Edo, sends a warship to Ryûkyû to inquire whether the kingdom would still recognize the [[1855]] [[Treaty of Amity (France-Ryukyu)|Treaty of Amity]] signed between the two countries, despite recent tensions and the change in [[Satsuma han]] leadership. Ryûkyû officials say they will.
*1862/11 An Imperial court council decides to "[[joi|expel the barbarians]]" (Westerners).
*1862/11 The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
*1862/11 The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
*1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
*1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
*1862/12 [[So Yoshiyori|Sô Yoshiyori]], ''daimyô'' of Tsushima, steps down and is succeeded by his son, [[So Yoshiakira|Sô Yoshiakira]].
==Other Events of 1862==
==Other Events of 1862==
*The ''[[Gakumonjo bugyosho|Gakumonjo bugyôsho]]'', or Magistrate's Office of Educational Institutions, is established.
*A measles epidemic strikes the Ryûkyû Islands and [[Amami Islands]].
*Muslims in northwest China rise up in [[Muslim rebellions|rebellion]], and are not suppressed until [[1877]].
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] marries Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (see ''[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]]'').
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] marries Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (see ''[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]]'').
*The ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' is formed.
*The ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' is formed.
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryûkyû.
*Satsuma receives permission from the shogunate to begin producing ''[[Ryukyu tsuho|Ryûkyû tsûhô]]'' (coins).
*Silkworm disease ravages French and Italian silk industries, creating huge demand for Japanese [[silk]].
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' is first issued.
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' is first issued.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1862/8/24 [[Sasu Iori]] is killed.
*Painter [[Goda Kiyoshi|Gôda Kiyoshi]] is born (d. 1938).
*[[Makishi Chochu|Makishi Chôchû]] dies off the coast of [[Iheyajima]], while on his way to [[Satsuma han]].
*Novelist [[Mori Ogai|Mori Ôgai]] is born (d. 1922).
*[[Nitobe Inazo|Nitobe Inazô]], author of ''[[Bushido: the Soul of Japan]]'', is born (d. 1933).
*[[Yoshida Toyo|Yoshida Tôyô]], [[Tosa han]] minister, is killed by members of the Tosa Loyalist Party (b. 1816).
*[[Yoshida Toyo|Yoshida Tôyô]], [[Tosa han]] minister, is killed by members of the Tosa Loyalist Party (b. 1816).
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