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==Timeline of 1846==
==Timeline of 1846==
*1846/4/5 Protestant missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] arrives in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] aboard the British ship ''Starling''.
*1846/4/7 A French ship called ''[[Sabine]]'' arrives in Ryûkyû.
*1846/5/13 The French ship ''[[Cleopatre]]'', captained by Jean-Baptiste Cecille, arrives in Ryûkyû along with another French warship.
*1846/8 The French ships depart Ryûkyû, and take with them the missionary [[Theodore Augustin Forcade]], who had arrived in Ryûkyû in [[1844]], aboard the ''[[Alcmene]]''. They leave two new missionaries, [[Mathieu Adnet]] and [[Pierre-Julien Le Turdu]], to take his place.
==Other Events of 1846==
==Other Events of 1846==
*[[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] is succeeded by his son, who takes the throne as [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]].
*[[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] is succeeded by his son, who takes the throne as [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]].
*[[Matsudaira Katamori]] is adopted by the lord of [[Aizu han]].
*[[Matsudaira Katamori]] is adopted by the lord of [[Aizu han]].
*Renovations are undertaken at [[Shuri castle]].
*Renovations are undertaken at [[Shuri castle]].
*The shogunate relents on a ten-year ban, issued in [[1839]], against the sale of "Ryukyu goods" in [[Nagasaki]].
*The [[USS Columbus|USS ''Columbus'']] and [[USS Vincennes|USS ''Vincennes'']], captained by Commodore [[James Biddle]] call at [[Uraga]], near [[Edo]].
*New York-based publisher John T. White produces a set of ''[[kana]]'' type for type-printing.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*Imperial Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] is born.
*Imperial Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] is born.
*Shinsengumi member [[Kawai Tetsugoro|Kawai Tetsugorô]] is born.
*Shinsengumi member [[Kawai Tetsugoro|Kawai Tetsugorô]] is born.
*[[Nakatani Shinshichi]], builder of structures at San Francisco's [[Hagiwara Tea Garden]], is born (d. 1922).
*[[Prince Rinnoji|Prince Rinnôji]] is born (d. [[1895]]).
*[[Jacques Sallus]] and [[Francois-Charles Guitart]], two members of the crew of the French ship ''Sabine'', die and are [[Oranda baka (Nago)|buried]] in [[Unten]].
*[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] is born.
*[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] is born.