1861
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Man'en 2 (万延二年) / Bunkyû 1 (文久元年)
Timeline of 1861
Other Events of 1861
- King Shô Tai of Ryûkyû orders a nationwide prayer be held for China, in light of the Taiping Rebellion and Anglo-French invasion of Peking as part of the Second Opium War.
- Kondô Isami becomes the fourth head of the Tennen Rishin-ryû.
- Sakamoto Ryôma joins the Tosa Loyalist Party.
- Political cartoonist Charles Wirgman arrives in Japan.
Births and Deaths
- 1860/12/5 (January 15, 1861) Henry Heusken is killed (b. 1832).
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi dies (b. 1797).
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