*''[[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activists attack the British legation in Edo.
*''[[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activists attack the British legation in Edo.
*Political cartoonist [[Charles Wirgman]] arrives in Japan.
*Political cartoonist [[Charles Wirgman]] arrives in Japan.
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*China establishes the [[Zongli Yamen]], an office managing China's foreign relations within a Western world order of international relations between nation-states.