1866
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Keiô 2 (慶応二年)
Timeline of 1866
- 1866/1/21 Saigô Takamori and Katsura Kogorô meet at the Satsuma han residence in Kyoto. The intermediary was Sakamoto Ryôma.
- 1866/4/17 The Bakufu allows merchants and students to go overseas.
- 1866/5/13 Edo Treaty
- 1866/6
- 6/7 The second Chôshû expedition.
- 6 The farmers in Musashi province riot over the rising price of rice.(Bushû ikki)
- 1866/10/26 A fire breaks out in the Miyozaki pleasure quarters of Yokohama and soon spreads to other parts of the city.
- 1866/12 Fukuzawa Yukichi's "Seiyo Jijo" is published.
- 12/5 Tokugawa Yoshinobu becomes the 15th Tokugawa Shogun.
Other Events of 1866
- The Yoshiwara burns down.
Births and Deaths
- 1866/4/26 Matsumae Takahiro dies.
- 1866/7/20 Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi dies in Osaka castle.
- 1866/12/25 Emperor Kômei dies.
- Ichikawa Kodanji IV dies (b. 1812).
- Painter Kuroda Seiki is born (d. 1924).
- Philipp Franz von Siebold dies (b. 1796).
- Painter Terasaki Kôgyô is born (d. 1919).
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