1843

Tenpô 14 (天保十四年)

Timeline of 1843

• 1843/int.9/26 Shanghai formally opens to foreign trade.

Other Events of 1843

• British ships arrive in Ryûkyû and perform surveys over the opposition of Ryukyuan officials.
• Jirokichi, a castaway from the Chôja-maru and perhaps among the first Japanese to ever travel to Hawaii, returns to Japan.
• Manabe Akikatsu resigns his position as rôjû as the result of conflict with Mizuno Tadakuni.
• Nakamura Tomijûrô II is banished from Osaka, permanently.
• Shinsen bujutsu ryûsoroku is published.
• The last of the Tenpô Reforms are put into place.

Births and Deaths

• 1843/1/12 (Feb 10) Horace Wilson is born (d. 1927).
• 1843/5 Kondô Yoshisuke is born (d. 1922).
• Hirata Atsutane dies (b. 1776).
• Noguchi Kenji is born (d. 1863).
• Saigô Tsugumichi is born (d. 1902).
• Ernest Satow is born (d. 1929).
• Shô Tai is born (d. 1901).
• Sôma Kazue is born.
• Tomiyama Yahei is born (d. 1868).
• William Griffis is born.

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