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==Timeline of 1859==

==Timeline of 1859==

*1859 April [[James Hepburn]] sets sail from New York.

*1859 April [[James Hepburn]] sets sail from New York.

*1859/5 [[Rutherford Alcock]] takes up his post as the first British diplomatic representative in Japan.

*1859/4/24 (May 26) [[Rutherford Alcock]] and his translator [[Kumano no Denkichi]] arrive in Edo harbor.

*1859/5 Rutherford Alcock takes up his post as the first British diplomatic representative in Japan.

*1859/6 [[Yokohama]], [[Nagasaki]], and [[Hakodate]] are opened as [[treaty ports]].

*1859/6 [[Yokohama]], [[Nagasaki]], and [[Hakodate]] are opened as [[treaty ports]].

*1859/7/6 [[Philipp von Siebold]] returns to Japan.

*1859/7/6 [[Philipp von Siebold]] returns to Japan.