1866

Keiô 2 (慶応二年)

Timeline of 1866

• 1866/1/21 Saigô Takamori and Katsura Kogorô meet at the Satsuma han residence in Kyoto. The intermediary was Sakamoto Ryôma.
• 1866/4/17 The Bakufu allows merchants and students to go overseas.
• 1866/5/13 Edo Treaty
• 1866/6
  • 6/7 The second Chôshû expedition.
  • 6 The farmers in Musashi province riot over the rising price of rice.(Bushû ikki)
• 1866/10/26 A fire breaks out in the Miyozaki pleasure quarters of Yokohama and soon spreads to other parts of the city.
• 1866/12 Fukuzawa Yukichi's "Seiyo Jijo" is published.

Other Events of 1866

• The Rover, an American ship, is shipwrecked in Taiwan and 14 of its crew are killed by aborigines; the Chinese government takes no action; a US warship is sent to determine the responsible parties but is unsuccessful.
• The Yoshiwara burns down.
• Zhao Xin leads the last Chinese investiture mission to Ryûkyû, undertaken for the investiture of King Shô Tai.

Births and Deaths

• 1866/4/26 Matsumae Takahiro dies.
• 1866/7/20 Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi dies in Osaka castle.
• 1866/12/25 Emperor Kômei dies.
• Ichikawa Kodanji IV dies (b. 1812).
• Painter Kuroda Seiki is born (d. 1924).
• Philipp Franz von Siebold dies (b. 1796).
• Painter Terasaki Kôgyô is born (d. 1919).

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