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*1879/12/1 US President Rutherford B. Hayes mentions the Ryûkyû dispute in Congress.

*1879/12/1 US President Rutherford B. Hayes mentions the Ryûkyû dispute in Congress.

==Visit of Ulysses S. Grant to Japan==

===Visit of Ulysses S. Grant to Japan===

*1879/1/18 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terashima Munenari]] suggests to Prince [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] that Grant should be received as though he were a royal prince. The suggestion gets immediate approval.

*1879/1/18 [[Foreign Minister]] [[Terashima Munenari]] suggests to Prince [[Sanjo Sanetomi|Sanjô Sanetomi]] that Grant should be received as though he were a royal prince. The suggestion gets immediate approval.

*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.

*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.

*The Music Study Committee (''Ongaku torishirabe-gakari''), the first school of music to be sponsored by the [[Meiji government]], is founded. It is later renamed [[Tokyo Music School]] (''Tôkyô ongaku gakkô'').

*The Music Study Committee (''Ongaku torishirabe-gakari''), the first school of music to be sponsored by the [[Meiji government]], is founded. It is later renamed [[Tokyo Music School]] (''Tôkyô ongaku gakkô'').

*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] ends his tenure at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and returns to the US.

*[[Edward Sylvester Morse]] ends his tenure at the [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and returns to the US.

===Births and Deaths of 1879===

===Births and Deaths of 1879===