1849

Kaei 2 (嘉永二年)

Timeline of 1849

• 1849/int.4/1 A British yacht called the Nancy Dawson and commanded by a Captain Shedden, puts in at Naha.

Other Events of 1849

• Bernard Bettelheim completes the first English-Ryukyuan dictionary.
• The shogunate orders the strengthening of coastal defenses, in the wake of the Opium War and anticipating the threat of Western powers seeking to "open" the country.
• The annual contract system in Edo kabuki, by which a new company was formed each year, is dissolved.
• Kondô Shûsuke adopts the man who will later become Shinsengumi commander Kondô Isami.
• Matsumae Takahiro succeeds Matsumae Masahiro as head of the Matsumae clan.
• Reconstruction begins on Matsumae castle; it will be completed in 1854.

Births and Deaths

• 1849/4/18 Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai dies.
• Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorô III dies.
• Shinsengumi member Nakamura Gorô is born.

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