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==Other Events of 1849==
==Other Events of 1849==
*[[Bernard Bettelheim]] completes the first English-[[Ryukyuan languages|Ryukyuan]] dictionary.
*[[Bernard Bettelheim]] completes the first English-[[Ryukyuan languages|Ryukyuan]] dictionary.
*The shogunate orders the strengthening of coastal defenses, in the wake of the [[Opium War]] and anticipating the threat of Western powers seeking to "open" the country.
*The annual contract system in Edo [[kabuki]], by which a new company was formed each year, is dissolved.
*The annual contract system in Edo [[kabuki]], by which a new company was formed each year, is dissolved.
*[[Kondo Shusuke|Kondô Shûsuke]] adopts the man who will later become [[Shinsengumi]] commander [[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]].
*[[Kondo Shusuke|Kondô Shûsuke]] adopts the man who will later become [[Shinsengumi]] commander [[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]].