1846

Kôka 3 (弘化三年)

Timeline of 1846

• 1846/4/5 Protestant missionary Bernard Bettelheim arrives in Ryûkyû aboard the British ship Starling.
• 1846/4/7 A French ship called Sabine arrives in Ryûkyû.
• 1846/5/13 The French ship Cleopatre, captained by Jean-Baptiste Cecille, arrives in Ryûkyû along with another French warship.
• 1846/8 The French ships depart Ryûkyû, and take with them the missionary Theodore Augustin Forcade, who had arrived in Ryûkyû in 1844, aboard the Alcmene.

Other Events of 1846

• Emperor Ninkô is succeeded by his son, who takes the throne as Emperor Kômei.
• Matsudaira Katamori is adopted by the lord of Aizu han.
• Renovations are undertaken at Shuri castle.
• The shogunate relents on a ten-year ban, issued in 1839, against the sale of "Ryukyu goods" in Nagasaki.
• The USS Columbus and USS Vincennes, captained by Commodore James Biddle call at Uraga, near Edo.

Births and Deaths

• 1846/1/31 Ishii Yûjirô of the Shinsengumi is born.
• 1846, July 9 Merriman Harris is born.
• Emperor Ninkô dies.
• Kanô Osanobu dies (b. 1796).
• Imperial Princess Kazu-no-Miya is born.
• Shinsengumi member Kawai Tetsugorô is born.
• Nakatani Shinshichi, builder of structures at San Francisco's Hagiwara Tea Garden, is born (d. 1922).
• Prince Rinnôji is born (d. 1895).
• Two members of the crew of the French ship Sabine die, and are buried in Unten.
• Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi is born.

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