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| ==Timeline of 1855== | | ==Timeline of 1855== |
− | *1855/10 [[Ansei Earthquake]] strikes Edo. | + | *Ansei 1/11/25 (Jan. 12) [[Commodore Perry]] arrives in New York. |
| + | *Ansei 1/12/9 (Jan 26) The [[USS Powhatan|USS ''Powhatan'']] returns to [[Shimoda]] with the ratification instruments for the [[Convention of Kanagawa]], signed the previous year. |
| + | *Ansei 1/12/21 (Feb 7) [[Treaty of Shimoda]] signed between Russia and Japan. |
| + | *1855/1/5 (Feb 21) Commander [[Henry A. Adams]] of the ''Powhatan'' and Japanese representatives exchange ratified copies of the Convention of Kanagawa, completing the agreement process, and the ''Powhatan'' departs Japan the following day. |
| + | *1855/1/21 (March 9) The [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-US)|Ryûkyû-USA Treaty of Amity]] is ratified by the US Congress and officially announced by President Franklin Pierce. |
| + | *1855/2/22 The shogunate declares all of [[Ezo]] territory under direct shogunate control, leaving the [[Matsumae clan]] in control only of a certain area of land immediately around [[Matsumae castle|Matsumae]]. |
| + | *1855/5/19 A [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]] departs from [[Naha]]. |
| + | *1855/5/29 The Ryukyuan mission to Edo arrives at [[Kagoshima]]. |
| + | *1855/10 French ships call at Ryûkyû. |
| + | *1855/10 The shogunate grants permission for samurai and commoners to settle in [[Ezo]] and offers loans to those who engage in developing the land. |
| + | *1855/10/2 [[Ansei Earthquake]] strikes Edo. |
| + | *1855/10/15 A [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-France)|Treaty of Amity]] is signed between France and the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], allowing a French mission to be established, and for Frenchmen to move freely within the kingdom. |
| + | *1855/12/3 [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] (head of the [[Hitotsubashi family]]) and [[Ichijo Mikako|Ichijô Mikako]] marry. |
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| ==Other Events of 1855== | | ==Other Events of 1855== |
− | *Shogunate and [[Russia]] complete the first of a number of agreements seeking to define geographical borders between the two countries' territories. | + | *[[Abe Masahiro]] steps down as [[Tairo|Tairô]]. |
− | *[[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-France)|Treaty of Amity]] is signed between France and the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]. | + | *[[Bernard Bettelheim]] publishes his translation of the Gospel of Luke into [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]]. |
| + | *The [[VOC|Dutch]] gift the shogunate a [[telegraph]]. |
| + | *The [[Kyoto Gosho|Kyoto Imperial Palace]] is rebuilt. |
| + | *Muslims in China's southwestern provinces rise up in rebellion; they are not suppressed until [[1873]]. |
| + | *Paris hosts a [[World's Fair]] for the first time - the [[Exposition Universelle of 1855]]. |
| + | *The Ryukyuan mission to Edo is canceled, and returns home to Ryûkyû from Kagoshima, in the aftermath of the Ansei Earthquake. |
| *''[[Bansho Shirabesho|Yôgakusho]]'' (Bureau of Western Studies) is founded by the shogunate. | | *''[[Bansho Shirabesho|Yôgakusho]]'' (Bureau of Western Studies) is founded by the shogunate. |
| + | *[[Yonago castle]] collapses following an earthquake. |
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| + | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *''[[Yoga|Yôga]]'' painter [[Goseda Yoshimatsu]] is born (d. 1915). |
| + | *[[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] is born (d. 1932). |
| + | *''[[Yuzen|Yûzen]]'' artist [[Nishimura Sozaemon XII]] is born (d. 1935). |
| + | *1855/2/16 Former Gonnodainagon [[Takakura Nagamasa]] dies. |
| + | *1855/4/20 [[Maeda Toshiyoshi]], lord of [[Daishoji han|Daishôji han]], dies. |
| + | *1855/5/26 [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] retainer [[Murata Seifu|Murata Seifû]] born. |
| + | *1855/7/28 [[Tsugaru Tsugutomi]], heir to the lord of [[Hirosaki han]], dies. Retainers [[Oyatsu Iwagoro|Ôyatsu Iwagorô]] and [[Tateyama Gen'emon]] follow him in death. |
| + | *1855/10/15 [[Sagara Nagatomi]], lord of [[Hitoyoshi han]], dies. |
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