Changes

*[[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]].

*[[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] succeeds [[Shimazu Nariakira]] as daimyô of [[Satsuma han]]; his uncle [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] serves as regent.

*A [[Sino-British Treaty of 1858|Sino-British Treaty]] is signed.

*A [[Sino-British Treaty of 1858|Sino-British Treaty]] is signed.