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* Serizawa Kamo is assassinated.
 
* Serizawa Kamo is assassinated.
 
* Geographer [[Shiga Shigetaka]] is born (d. 1927).
 
* Geographer [[Shiga Shigetaka]] is born (d. 1927).
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* Historian [[Tokutomi Soho|Tokutomi Sohô]] is born (d. 1957).
 
* Tonouchi Yoshio is assassinated.
 
* Tonouchi Yoshio is assassinated.
  

Revision as of 17:14, 16 October 2011

Bunkyû 3 (文久三年)

Timeline of 1863

  • 1863/2 The British legation in Yokohama demands reparations, and a formal apology from the shogunate and Satsuma han for the Namamugi Incident of the previous year, in which a British man was killed by Satsuma samurai, as well as demanding that those guilty be punished.
  • 1863/2/8 The Rôshigumi is organized.
  • 1863/3
    • 3/12 The Rôshigumi is renamed the Mibu Rôshigumi
    • 3/25 Assassination of Tonouchi Yoshio
  • 1863/5 The shogunate submits a formal apology, and pays 100,000 pounds sterling in reparations for the Namamugi Incident.
  • 1863/6/3 Fighting with Sumo wrestlers in Osaka.
  • 1863/7 Bombardment of Kagoshima - Kagoshima, capital of Satsuma han, is bombarded by ships of the British Royal Navy, in retaliation for the Namamugi Incident, and Satsuma's refusal to pay reparations.
  • 1863/8
    • 8/12 Serizawa Kamo burns down Yamatoya.
    • 8/18 Political change on August 18. The Mibu Rôshigumi is renamed the Shinsengumi.
  • 1863/9
    • 9/13 Niimi Nishiki commits seppuku.
    • 9/18 Assassination of Serizawa Kamo.
    • 9/26 Assassination of spies from Choshu.
    • 12/27 Noguchi Kenji commits seppuku.

Other Events of 1863

Births and Deaths of 1863

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