1853

Kaei 6 (嘉永六年)

Timeline of 1853

• 1853/2/29 American fleet (Black Ships) led by Commodore Matthew Perry lands at Hong Kong.
• 1853/3/27 Perry's fleet lands at Shanghai.
• 1853/4/19 Perry's fleet lands at Naha.
• 1853/4/30 Perry enters Shuri castle, though no one higher than the regent is present to meet with.
• 1853/5/8 Perry's fleet reaches the Ogasawara Islands.
• 1853/6/3 Perry's fleet lands at Uraga near Edo, presents credentials from Pres. Fillmore to Tokugawa shogunate officials.
• 1853/6 Abe Masahiro reports on the arrival of the Black Ships to the Imperial Court.
• 1853/7/18 Russian embassy under Putyatin arrives in Nagasaki.
• 1853 July The shogunate consults various daimyô on the issue of opening the country. Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito han is appointed to oversee the country's naval defense.
• 1853 August Construction begins on coastal fort at Shinagawa.
• 1853 September Ban on the construction of large ships is lifted.

Other Events

Births and Deaths

• 1853/6/22 Shogun Tokugawa Ieyoshi (b. 1793) dies and is succeeded by Tokugawa Iesada.

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