1839

Tenpô 10 (天保十年)

Timeline of 1839

• 1839/4 Former shogun Tokugawa Ienari and his entourage move back in to the rebuilt Nishi-no-maru at Edo castle.
• 1839/5-12 Bansha no goku - Efforts are made to suppress Rangaku (Dutch/Western learning). A number of rangaku scholars, including Takano Chôei and Watanabe Kazan, are arrested and imprisoned.
• 1839/12 Reconstruction is completed at Edo castle, following the destruction of the Nishi-no-maru the previous year.

Other Events of 1839

• Louis Daguerre invents the daguerrotype in Paris.
• Sir John Frederick William Herschel coins the word "photography."
• Shieikan dôjô is established in Ichigaya, Edo, by Kondô Shûsuke.

Births and Deaths

• 1839/5/5 Echigo Saburô, member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1892).
• 1839/11/9 Kanô Washio, Shinsengumi corporal, is born (d. 1902).
• Aridôshi Kango, member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1869).
• Iesato Tsuguo, member of the Rôshigumi, is born (d. 1863).
• Kamishiro Jinnosuke, member of the Rôshigumi, is born.
• Nagakura Shinpachi, Shinsengumi captain, is born (d. 1915).
• Painter Nantenbô is born (d. 1925).
• Takasugi Shinsaku, leader of the Kiheitai, is born (d. 1867).
• Takechi Zuizan, Tosa Loyalist, is born (d. 1867).
• Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi is born (d. 1892).
• Yasutomi Saisuke, Shinsengumi investigator, is born.

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