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==Timeline of 1837==

==Timeline of 1837==

*1837/2 [[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] leads a peasant rebellion in [[Osaka]].

*1837/2 [[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] leads a peasant rebellion in [[Osaka]].

*1837/6 American ship ''[[Morrison]]'', seeking to repatriate Japanese castaways and to trade, is driven away from the ports of [[Uraga]] (near [[Edo]]) and [[Yamakawa]] in [[Satsuma han]] by cannon fire.

*1837/6 American ship ''[[Morrison]]'', seeking to repatriate Japanese castaways and to trade, is driven away from the ports of [[Uraga]] (near [[Edo]]) and [[Yamakawa]] in [[Satsuma han]] by cannon fire. This is the only time the [[1825]] [[Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels]] is put into action.

*1837/6 [[Ikuta Yorozu]] leads a peasant rebellion in [[Kuwana han]] (Ise province).

*1837/6 [[Ikuta Yorozu]] leads a peasant rebellion in [[Kuwana han]] (Ise province).

*1837/9/2 [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] succeeds his father as Shogun.

*1837/9/2 [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]] succeeds his father as Shogun.