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*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] opens his ''[[juku (art)|juku]]'' in Kyoto.
*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] opens his ''[[juku (art)|juku]]'' in Kyoto.
*[[Charles LeGendre]], US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.
*[[Charles LeGendre]], US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.
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*Seward's Folly - The United States purchases Alaska from Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===