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*1849/int.4/1 A British yacht called the ''Nancy Dawson'' and commanded by a Captain Shedden, puts in at [[Naha]].
*1849/int.4/1 A British yacht called the ''Nancy Dawson'' and commanded by a Captain Shedden, puts in at [[Naha]].
*1849/6 or 7 (August) A letter is drafted from the government of [[Queen Victoria]] and sent to the government of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] suggesting that Ryûkyû regard missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] more highly.
*1849/6 or 7 (August) A letter is drafted from the government of [[Queen Victoria]] and sent to the government of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] suggesting that Ryûkyû regard missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] more highly.
*1849/10 or 11 (December) The Ryûkyû Kingdom responds to England's letter, expressing that they are unable to enter into trade relations with foreign countries (especially as they are poor in resources and have nothing to trade); as Japanese regulations regarding interactions with foreign parties are quite strict, they also ask that the missionary Bettelheim be removed.
*1849/10 or 11 (December) The Ryûkyû Kingdom responds to England's letter, expressing that they are unable to enter into trade relations with foreign countries (especially as they are poor in resources and have nothing to trade); as Japanese regulations regarding interactions with foreign parties are quite strict, they also ask that the missionary Bettelheim be removed. The British decline to do so.
==Other Events of 1849==
==Other Events of 1849==
*Reconstruction begins on [[Matsumae castle]]; it will be completed in [[1854]].
*Reconstruction begins on [[Matsumae castle]]; it will be completed in [[1854]].
*The completed ''[[Tokugawa jikki]]'', begun in [[1801]], is formally presented to Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]].
*The completed ''[[Tokugawa jikki]]'', begun in [[1801]], is formally presented to Shogun [[Tokugawa Ieyoshi]].
*The [[Uraga bugyo|Uraga bugyô]] has a Western-style ship constructed and names it the ''[[Soshunmaru|Sôshunmaru]]''.
*The [[USS Preble|USS ''Preble'']] which called at [[Naha]] the previous year arrives in [[Nagasaki]], and picks up [[Ranald MacDonald]] and thirteen deserters from the [[whaling]] ship ''[[Lagoda]]''.
*The [[USS Preble|USS ''Preble'']] which called at [[Naha]] the previous year arrives in [[Nagasaki]], and picks up [[Ranald MacDonald]] and thirteen deserters from the [[whaling]] ship ''[[Lagoda]]''.