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*1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
 
*1862/12 The British Legation is attacked and burned.
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==Other Events==
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==Other Events of 1862==
 
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] marries Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (see ''[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]]'').
 
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] marries Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] (see ''[[Kobu Gattai|Kôbu Gattai]]'').
 
*The ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' is formed.
 
*The ''[[Roshigumi|Rôshigumi]]'' is formed.
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*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
 
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
 
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
 
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
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*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' is first issued.
    
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