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==Timeline of 1857==
 
==Timeline of 1857==
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*1857/8/29 (Oct 16) - The shogunate signs a supplementary commercial treaty with Holland.
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*1857/9/7 (Oct 24) - The shogunate signs a supplementary commercial treaty with Russia.
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*1857/9/30 - More than twenty court nobles are sentenced to varying forms of house confinement for disrupting public morals.
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*1857/10/14 [[Townsend Harris]] arrives in [[Edo]] for the first time.
  
 
==Other Events of 1857==
 
==Other Events of 1857==
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*[[Aizawa Seishisai]] publishes his ''[[Shinron]]'' for the first time, though it was already available in a form unauthorized by the author.
 
*The [[American Legation]] is moved to Edo from [[Shimoda]].
 
*The [[American Legation]] is moved to Edo from [[Shimoda]].
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*Austrian linguist [[Anton Boller]] is the first to suggest a connection between [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and the Altaic language family.
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*The [[British East India Company]] is abolished following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and India comes under the direct control of the Crown.
 
*The French gift a piece of artillery to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
 
*The French gift a piece of artillery to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
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*The first gaslamp in the country is lit inside a stone lantern at the [[Shimazu clan]] [[Sengan'en|Iso Palace]] in Kagoshima.
 
*Construction begins on the [[Goryokaku castle|Goryôkaku]] in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]].
 
*Construction begins on the [[Goryokaku castle|Goryôkaku]] in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]].
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*A Morse code message sent from the [[Tanshoen|Tanshôen]] to [[Kagoshima castle]] 600 meters away becomes the first Morse code message sent within Japan.
 
*The [[Royal Asiatic Society]] is established.
 
*The [[Royal Asiatic Society]] is established.
 
*[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] and [[Kiyokawa Hachiro|Kiyokawa Hachirô]] form the [[Torao Party]].
 
*[[Yamaoka Tesshu|Yamaoka Tesshû]] and [[Kiyokawa Hachiro|Kiyokawa Hachirô]] form the [[Torao Party]].
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
*Shanghai painter [[Ren Xiong]] dies (b. [[1820]]).
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*1857/1/28 [[Hashimoto Sanehisa]] dies.
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*1857/5/29 [[Hirohata Mototoyo]] dies.
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*1857/6/9 (July 29) - [[Abe Masahiro]] dies.
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*1857/10/2 [[Wakadoshiyori]] [[Torii Tadahira]] dies.
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*[[Goto Shinpei|Gotô Shinpei]], 3rd [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)]], is born (d. 1929).
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*Sculptor [[Naganuma Moriyoshi]] is born (d. 1942).
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*Shanghai painter [[Ren Xiong]] dies (b. [[1823]]).
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*[[Ueki Emori]] is born (d. [[1892]]).
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Latest revision as of 03:11, 10 May 2020

Ansei 4 (安政四年)

Timeline of 1857

  • 1857/8/29 (Oct 16) - The shogunate signs a supplementary commercial treaty with Holland.
  • 1857/9/7 (Oct 24) - The shogunate signs a supplementary commercial treaty with Russia.
  • 1857/9/30 - More than twenty court nobles are sentenced to varying forms of house confinement for disrupting public morals.
  • 1857/10/14 Townsend Harris arrives in Edo for the first time.

Other Events of 1857

Births and Deaths


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