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*1862/8/21 [[Namamugi Incident]] - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of [[Satsuma han]].
*1862/8/21 [[Namamugi Incident]] - An Englishman is killed in Yokohama by a number of samurai of [[Satsuma han]].
*1862/int.8 [[Matsudaira Katamori]] is named ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]''.
*1862/int.8 [[Matsudaira Katamori]] is named ''[[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]]''.
*1862/int.8 The shogunate relaxes ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, and there is an exodus of samurai from the city.
*1862/9 [[Tsushima han]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] enter into an alliance.
*1862/9 [[Tsushima han]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] enter into an alliance.
*1862/10 [[Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt]], French minister in Edo, sends a warship to Ryûkyû to inquire whether the kingdom would still recognize the [[1855]] [[Treaty of Amity (France-Ryukyu)|Treaty of Amity]] signed between the two countries, despite recent tensions and the change in [[Satsuma han]] leadership. Ryûkyû officials say they will.
*1862/10 [[Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt]], French minister in Edo, sends a warship to Ryûkyû to inquire whether the kingdom would still recognize the [[1855]] [[Treaty of Amity (France-Ryukyu)|Treaty of Amity]] signed between the two countries, despite recent tensions and the change in [[Satsuma han]] leadership. Ryûkyû officials say they will.
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] flees [[Tosa han|Tosa]], joins up with pro-''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' rebel groups in [[Edo]]; seeks to assassinate [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], ends up becoming one of Katsu's disciples instead.
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] flees [[Tosa han|Tosa]], joins up with pro-''[[sonno joi|sonnô jôi]]'' rebel groups in [[Edo]]; seeks to assassinate [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], ends up becoming one of Katsu's disciples instead.
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
*[[James Hepburn]] moves to Yokohama and opens a dispensary for the sick, also begins to preach Christianity.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryûkyû.
*[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryûkyû.