Changes

*Police force formed.

*Police force formed.

*The shogunate school [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôhei-kô]] is closed.

*The shogunate school [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôhei-kô]] is closed.

*Sino-Japanese commercial treaty is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.

*[[Sino-Japanese Friendship Treaty|Sino-Japanese commercial treaty]] is signed, in which both countries agree to respect the territorial integrity of the other.

*[[Taiwan Incident of 1871]] - a [[tribute]] ship from the [[Miyako Islands]] bound home from [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.

*[[Taiwan Incident of 1871]] - a [[tribute]] ship from the [[Miyako Islands]] bound home from [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] is shipwrecked in Taiwan. Fifty-four Ryukyuans are killed by Taiwanese aborigines.