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| ==Timeline of 1861== | | ==Timeline of 1861== |
| + | *1861/2/3 Russian ship ''[[Posadnik]]'' drops anchor at [[Tsushima Island|Tsushima]]. |
| + | *1861/5 ''[[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activists from [[Mito han]] attack the British legation in [[Edo]], killing 21. |
| + | *1861/5/23-6/9 The Great Comet of 1861 is observed in Okinawa. |
| + | *1861/10/20 [[Kazu-no-miya]] departs Kyoto for Edo to marry Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]]. |
| + | *1861/12/2 (Jan 1, 1862) The first official [[Tokugawa shogunate]] embassy to Europe, led by [[Takeuchi Yasunori]], departs from Edo. |
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| ==Other Events of 1861== | | ==Other Events of 1861== |
− | *King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] orders a nationwide prayer be held for China, in light of the Taiping Rebellion and Anglo-French invasion of Peking as part of the Second Opium War. | + | *Currency conversion is undertaken in Ryûkyû, with each copper coin being replaced by two in iron. |
| + | *King [[Sho Tai|Shô Tai]] of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] orders a nationwide prayer be held for China, in light of the [[Taiping Rebellion]] and Anglo-French invasion of Beijing as part of the [[Second Opium War]]. |
| *[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] becomes the fourth head of the ''Tennen Rishin-ryû''. | | *[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] becomes the fourth head of the ''Tennen Rishin-ryû''. |
| *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] joins the [[Tosa Loyalist Party]]. | | *[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] joins the [[Tosa Loyalist Party]]. |
| + | *A Ryukyuan [[tribute]] mission is denied permission to travel to Beijing, and stays in [[Fuzhou]] for several months, requesting permission and being denied several times, before finally returning to Ryûykû. |
| + | *Political cartoonist [[Charles Wirgman]] arrives in Japan. |
| + | *China establishes the [[Zongli Yamen]], an office managing China's foreign relations within a Western world order of international relations between nation-states. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| *1860/12/5 (January 15, 1861) [[Henry Heusken]] is killed (b. [[1832]]). | | *1860/12/5 (January 15, 1861) [[Henry Heusken]] is killed (b. [[1832]]). |
| + | *[[Kamekawa Seito|Kamekawa Seitô]] (Mô Yûkei)<!--毛有慶・亀川盛棟--> is born (d. [[1893]]). |
| + | *''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' dealer [[Kobayashi Bunshichi]] is born (d. 1923). |
| + | *Diplomat and politician [[Makino Nobuaki]] is born (d. 1949). |
| + | *Christian thinker & critic [[Uchimura Kanzo|Uchimura Kanzô]] is born (d. 1930). |
| *[[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]] dies (b. [[1797]]). | | *[[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]] dies (b. [[1797]]). |
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