1850

Kaei 3 (嘉永三年)

Timeline of 1850

• 1850/6/25 An American ship arrives at Naha.
• 1850/10/29 The merchant ship Eirikimaru, with Kumano no Denkichi aboard, gets caught in a storm and becomes adrift at sea.

Other Events of 1850

• Ichikawa Ebizô V returns to Edo from his exile to Osaka.
• Ryukyuan embassy journeys to Edo.
• Taiping Rebellion begins in China.

Births and Deaths

• 1850/1/6 Ikeda Shichisaburô, member of the Shinsengumi, is born (d. 1938).
• 1850/1/20 Matsudaira Naritsune, lord of Kawagoe han, dies.
• 1850/2/14 Kiyoura Keigo, Prime Minister of Japan, is born (d. 1942).
• 1850/6/24 Ichijô Hideko, wife of shogunal heir Tokugawa Iesachi, dies.
• 1850/10/30 Takano Chôei, rangaku scholar, dies (b. 1802).
• William Sturgis Bigelow is born (d. 1926).
• Basil Hall Chamberlain is born (d. 1935).
• Lafcadio Hearn is born (d. 1904).
• Ii Naoaki, daimyô of Hikone han, dies (b. 1794).
• Painter Raphael Collin is born (d. 1916).
• Toguchi peechin dies in Kusatsu, Shiga, and is buried at Shôjô-ji.
• Tokugawa Naritomo dies.
• Painter Yamamoto Hôsui is born (d. 1906).

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