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*[[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre in [[Edo]] changes its name to incorporate the ''[[kanji]]'' for "protection".
*[[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre in [[Edo]] changes its name to incorporate the ''[[kanji]]'' for "protection".
*[[Fukuzawa Yukichi]] founds a school of [[rangaku|Western learning]] which would later become [[Keio University|Keiô University]].
*[[Fukuzawa Yukichi]] founds a school of [[rangaku|Western learning]] which would later become [[Keio University|Keiô University]].
*[[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] succeeds [[Shimazu Nariakira]] as daimyô of [[Satsuma han]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1858/5/24 [[Tokugawa Yoshinori]], daimyô of [[Owari han]], is born (d. 1875).
*1858/5/24 [[Tokugawa Yoshinori]], daimyô of [[Owari han]], is born (d. 1875).
*1858/7/6 [[Shogun]] Tokugawa Iesada dies (b. 1824).
*1858/7/6 [[Shogun]] Tokugawa Iesada dies (b. 1824).
*1858/7/16 [[Shimazu Nariakira]], daimyô of [[Satsuma han]], dies (b. 1809).
*1858/7/16 Shimazu Nariakira, daimyô of Satsuma han, dies (b. 1809).
*1858/9/2 [[Yanagawa Seigan]], poet, dies (b. 1789).
*1858/9/2 [[Yanagawa Seigan]], poet, dies (b. 1789).
*1858/10/27 [[Saito Makoto|Saitô Makoto]], [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] admiral and [[Prime Minister]] of Japan, is born (d. 1936).
*1858/10/27 [[Saito Makoto|Saitô Makoto]], [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] admiral and [[Prime Minister]] of Japan, is born (d. 1936).