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Tenpô 11 (天保十一年)

==Timeline of 1840==
*1840/7 Representatives of the [[Dutch East India Company]] arrive at [[Nagasaki]] and inform of the outbreak of the [[Opium War]].
*1840/9 [[Takashima Shuhan|Takashima Shûhan]] offers a proposal to the shogunate on the production and use of artillery.
*1840/11 ''[[Sanboryochigae|Sanbôryôchigae]]'' - The daimyo of [[Shonai han]] (Dewa province), [[Kawagoe han]] (Musashi province), and [[Nagaoka han]] (Echigo province) are moved to one another's territories.

==Other Events==
*Opium War begins (~1842).
*[[James Hepburn]] arrives in China.

===Births and Deaths===
*Prime Minister [[Kuroda Kiyotaka]] is born (d. 1900).
*[[Harada Sanosuke]], member of the [[Shinsengumi]], is born (d. 1868).
*[[Ito Tetsugoro|Itô Tetsugorô]], member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1868).
*[[Yoshimura Kan'ichiro|Yoshimura Kan'ichirô]], member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1868).

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